Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia Vocabulary
Sargon-King of the Akkadians; first to conquer all of Mesopotamia.
Empire-A group of many different lands under one ruler.
Fertile Crescent-Area of fertile land in the Middle East.
Sumer-The earliest-known civilization in the Fertile Crescent.
Epic of Gilgamesh-The world's oldest known story; comes from Sumer.
Hammurabi-King of Babylonian Empire; famous for his Law Codes.
Hammurabi's Code-First organized and written code that all could see.
Scribes-Record Keepers; Those that could write.
Babylon-City built by Hammurabi.
Artisans-skilled workers that made useful products.
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers-Rivers that surround Mesopotamia.
Mesopotamia-means "Land between the Rivers".
Irrigation-moving water to grow food.
city-state-isolated cities that functioned like small countries.
Civilization-A complex society with cities, government, art, religion, class, and writing.
Ziggurat-means "mountain of god".
Cuneiform-First form of writing; uses wedged -shaped symbols.
Empire-A group of many different lands under one ruler.
Fertile Crescent-Area of fertile land in the Middle East.
Sumer-The earliest-known civilization in the Fertile Crescent.
Epic of Gilgamesh-The world's oldest known story; comes from Sumer.
Hammurabi-King of Babylonian Empire; famous for his Law Codes.
Hammurabi's Code-First organized and written code that all could see.
Scribes-Record Keepers; Those that could write.
Babylon-City built by Hammurabi.
Artisans-skilled workers that made useful products.
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers-Rivers that surround Mesopotamia.
Mesopotamia-means "Land between the Rivers".
Irrigation-moving water to grow food.
city-state-isolated cities that functioned like small countries.
Civilization-A complex society with cities, government, art, religion, class, and writing.
Ziggurat-means "mountain of god".
Cuneiform-First form of writing; uses wedged -shaped symbols.
Essential Question
How did Mesopotamian civilization develop?
What I Have Learned
I have learned that Mesopotamia is in between the Tigris and Euprates river. Also that Mesopotamia means ''Land between the rivers''.