| Term | Definition |
|---|
| civilization | a complex society |
| irrigation | a way of watering crops using waterways and ditches |
| city state | land thst had it's own government and was NOT part of a larger unit |
| artisan | a skilled worker who made metal products cloth or pottery |
| cuneiform | a system of writing that used wedge shaped marks cut into damp clay tablets with a sharp ended reed. |
| scribe | a record keeper, and an honored position in socoety |
| empire | a group of many different lands under one ruler |
| Babylon | a city in Mesopotamia near the Euphrates River that became the center of trade |
| Sargon | King of the Akkadians, conquered Mesopotamia and set up the world's first empire |
| Hammurabi | He was a king who created the Babylonian empire. He is best known for his "code" of harsh laws |
| Into which body of water does the Tigris & Euphrates flow? | These rivers empty in to the Persian Gulf |
| Mesopotamia | The earliest known civilization located in what is now Iraq between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers |
| Sumer | A region (part) of Mesopotamia |
| What are the achievements of the Sumerians? | a # system based on 60, irrigation, plow, sailboat, wheel, use of geometry to measure fields |
| What was the purpose of the ziggurat? | It served as a place of worship and shrine |
| Why was Mesopotamia a good place for the growth of civilization? | Good farming conditions, and the river served as a means for transportation, trade and irrigation |
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