In Mesopotamia, individuals that would go to school to learn to write cuneiform

An early city that was like a small independent country with its own laws and government.

The area located between the Tigris and Euphrates. Largely present day Iraq, Syria, Lebannon, Israel and Jordan. In Ancient times, that land was good for planting.

A very large political unit consisting of many territories, or city-states united under one powerful ruler.

Two wheeled vehicle pulled by a horse.

An upside down U or V shaped structure that supports weight above it. As in a doorway.

An early form of writing that were wedge shaped.

The practice of watering the fields by saving and redirecting water from a source such as a river.

They are symbols that stand for real objects such as a snake or water.

A city that is the center of the government.

Wealth that is sent from one country or ruler to another as a sign that one is superior.

A pyramid shaped tower, topped by a temple, believed to house the god of the Mesopotamian city.

A strong and skilled general who led the takeover of Sumer, and created the first Mesopotamian Empire.

A wall of earth that is built to prevent a river from flooding.

An Ancient people who moved down from the foothills of the Zagros mountains to the plains oat the mouth of Persian Gulf in between the Tigris and Euphrates.

An epic poem told by a hero king who described his adventures in search of eternal life. He encountered a flood and made a best friend.

The first group of people that attacked the Sumerains and created the world's first empire.

The way a civilization is organized.

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Mesoptamia

Question	Answer
Monotheism	Worship of one G-d
Scribe	In Mesopotamia, individuals that would go to school to learn to write cuneiform
City-state	An early city that was like a small independent country with its own laws and government.
Fertile Crescent	The area located between the Tigris and Euphrates. Largely present day Iraq, Syria, Lebannon, Israel and Jordan. In Ancient times, that land was good for planting.
Empire	A very large political unit consisting of many territories, or city-states united under one powerful ruler.
Chariots	Two wheeled vehicle pulled by a horse.
Arch	An upside down U or V shaped structure that supports weight above it. As in a doorway.
Cuneiform	An early form of writing that were wedge shaped.
Irrigation	The practice of watering the fields by saving and redirecting water from a source such as a river.
Pictograph	They are symbols that stand for real objects such as a snake or water.
Capital	A city that is the center of the government.
Tribute	Wealth that is sent from one country or ruler to another as a sign that one is superior.
Ziggurat	A pyramid shaped tower, topped by a temple, believed to house the god of the Mesopotamian city.
Sargon 1	A strong and skilled general who led the takeover of Sumer, and created the first Mesopotamian Empire.
Levees	A wall of earth that is built to prevent a river from flooding.
Sumerians	An Ancient people who moved down from the foothills of the Zagros mountains to the plains oat the mouth of Persian Gulf in between the Tigris and Euphrates.
Gilgamesh	An epic poem told by a hero king who described his adventures in search of eternal life. He encountered a flood and made a best friend.
Polytheism	Belief in many gods.
Akkadians	The first group of people that attacked the Sumerains and created the world's first empire.
Social Structure	The way a civilization is organized.

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