| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Mesopotamia | the land "between the rivers"; between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers |
| 3 Ways Places Get Their Names | Named after people; Named after geography and location; Named after other places where people have lived before |
| Sumer | Mesopotamian civilization found in the south |
| Sumer's 2 Famous Inventions | the wheel and cuneiform writing |
| Assyria | Middle Mesopotamian civilization famous for being a center of learning as well as war-like |
| Assyria's most famous city and is known for _________ | Nineveh; having of a large library |
| Civilization of learners that also invented this tool for war | Assyria; battering ram |
| Babylonia | Largest and richest of Mesopotamian civilizations |
| Babylonia | Mesopotamian civilization made up mostly of warriors and traders |
| King Hammurabi | Babylonia's most famous king |
| Hammurabi's Code | Code of 282 laws with rules and PUNISHMENTS for every part of life |
| "An eye for an eye" | Law that says whatever one person does to another, the same must be done in return as a punishment |
| record | to write down |
| Cunieform | writing on wet clay tablets for record keeping of crops and animals |
| Phoenicians | Civilization of sea traders whose name means "purple dye" |
| Phoenicians | Created the alphabet that our modern alphabet comes from |
| Sumer | Mesopotamian civilization that was mostly farmers |
| fertile | able to grow things very well |
| products | things people make or grow |
| What are two helpful things from the invention of the wheel? | It made it easier to carry goods from place to place and it made traveling faster. |
| What are two things the Sumerians used cuneiform for? | They recorded information about their crops and animals, and they wrote about how they lived. |
| Why did civilizations grow beside rivers? | The land is fertile; the rivers supply water for drinking and fish to eat, reeds for making boats, and clay for making buildings. |
| warriors | people who fight in battles |
| conquered | took over by force |
| monsters | scary creatures that are usually huge |
| compete | try to be better than someone else |
| Phoenicians | Sea farers and traders who told stories of monsters so that other people would be afraid and not want to compete with them for trade |
| "royal" purple dye | Very expensive colorful dye made by the Phoenicians from sea snails that only kings and queens could afford |
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