Mesopotamia - WORDS to Know
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- Q1area of fertile soil that extends from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean SeaFertile Crescent
Tigris River
Sumer
barter
30s - Q2land between the rivers (Tigris and Euphrates)
Fertile Crescent
Mesopotamiaziggurats
city-state
30s - Q3river that flows across a low, flat plain in Iraq and joins the Euphrates River
Nashua River
Fertile Crescent
Euphrates River
Tigris River30s - Q4river that flows across a low, flat plain in Iraq and joins the Tigris RiverEuphrates River
Tigris River
irrigate
Assabet River
30s - Q5an area in southern Mesopotamia, where cities first appeared
Sargon
Hammurabi
SumerMesopotamia
30s - Q6a city and its surrounding territory, both forming an independent state
irrigate
city-stateziggurat
stylus
30s - Q7good for growing crops
irrigate
barter
cavalry
fertile30s - Q8to supply with water
negotiate
meditate
irrigatehesitate
30s - Q9trade without money
irrigate
empire
bronze
barter30s - Q10something that makes life easier
chocolate
technologybronze
monotheism
30s - Q11the division of society by rank or classsocial hierarchy
government
stylus
city-state
30s - Q12belief in many gods
barter
monotheism
cuneiform
polytheism30s - Q13belief in only one god
polytheism
epic
cavalry
monotheism30s - Q14temples built by Sumerians to honor the gods and goddesses they worshipped
bronze
cuneiform
Hammurabi's Code
ziggurats30s - Q15the world's first system of writingcuneiform
Sumer
barter
hieroglyphics
30s