city-state : isolated cities that functioned like small countries
Artisans : skilled workers that made useful products
Sumer : the earliest-known civilization in the Fertile Crescent
Empire : group of many different lands under one ruler
Epic Of Gilgamesh : Worlds oldest oldest-known story, came from Sumer
Sargon : king of Akkadians, first to conquer all of Mesopotamia
Babylon : city built by Hammurabi
Hammurabi's code : first organized and written code that all could see
Hammurabi : king of Babylonian Empire, famous for his codes
Scribes : Record Keepers, those that could write
cuneiform : first form of writing, uses wedge-shaped symbols
Tigris and Euphrates River : rivers that surround Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia : means 'Land Between Rivers'
Irrigation : moving water to grow food
Ziggurat : means "Mountain of god"
Civilization : a complex society with cites,government,art,religion,class and writing
Fertile Crescent : area or fertile land in the middle east
Ancient Mesopotamia
EQ: What was life like in Mesopotamia? Mesopotamia was a large piece of land that was surrounded by rivers called the Tigris and Euphrates River. Its civilization