Vocabulary
civilization-a complex society with cities, government, religion, art, class, and writing
Tigris and Euphrates rivers -rivers that surround Mesopotamia
Irrigation- moving water to grow food
City-state- isolate cites that function like small counties.
Artisans- skilled workers that made useful products
scribes- record keepers; those that could write
Sargon- king os the Akkadians; first to conquer all of Mesopotamia
Empire- a group of many different lands under one ruler
civilization-a complex society with cities, government, religion, art, class, and writing
Tigris and Euphrates rivers -rivers that surround Mesopotamia
Irrigation- moving water to grow food
City-state- isolate cites that function like small counties.
Artisans- skilled workers that made useful products
scribes- record keepers; those that could write
Sargon- king os the Akkadians; first to conquer all of Mesopotamia
Empire- a group of many different lands under one ruler
SUMER
Fertile crescent
Mesopotamia
Ziggurat
cuneiform
Epic of Gilgamesh
Babylon
Hammurabi
Hammurabi's code