Lessons 1 & 2
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Fertile Crescent | land in western asia
earliest civilization
lush green area between and surroundeing the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
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| Mesopotamia | One of the first civilizations.
The civilization between the Tigris and Euphrates.
"Land between two rivers" another name for Fertile Crescent
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| silt | loose soil carried by water
rich in nutrients and minerals and good for farming
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| droughts | long periods without rain- southern Mesopotamia had droughts
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| erosion | wearing away of soil by wind or water
trees planted by the river banks helped because their roots help the soil in place
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| irrigation | a system of canals to bring water to crops and fields
Mesopotamian farmers brought water from artificial lakes to irrigate their crops into, dry months of spring and summer
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| levees | a system of walls built around the river to keep flood waters back
flood water destroyed crops
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| Sumer | town in southern Mesopotamia. Surrounded by a big wall
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| Cuneiform | a system of writing created in Sumer developed in 3,500 BC
Earliest writing system in the world
Scratched wet clay tablet with a reed to write symbols
about 500 symbols
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| Scribe | An official writer- mostly boys- recored songs, stories, legends and laws
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| City- State | self-governing city that also governs nearby villages
Largest was Ur, Uruk and Eridu- all near the Euphrates
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| ziggurat | A temple. tall, flattened pyramid made of mud-brick
center of most Sumerian cities.
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| polytheism | a belief in many gods and goddesses
Ki- god of good harvest
God Enlil- god of rain
Goddess Ishtar- goddess of love and war
God Enki- god of water
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| Endeduana | Sumerian priestess and scribe
Daughter of Sargon
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| Sargon | famous king of Kish
father of Enheduana
created first Empire
ruled for 56 years
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| empire | group of lands and people ruled by one government
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| Gilgamesh | strong hero who set out on a journey to try and discover how people could live forever
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| c. | Circa or "around a time"
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| Time Line | a diagram of events arranged in the order they happened.
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| century | 100 years
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| A.D. | "In the Year of the Lord" in Latin
After the death of Jesus
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| C.E. | Common era
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| B.C.E. | Before the Common Era
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| Tigris | One of the two rivers that flowed in the Fertile Crescent, allowing for agriculture to flourish
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| Euphrates | Both rivers began in the Taurus Mtns. and flows down the plateaus and in to the Persian Gulf
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| successful farmers | learned how to grow many different crops and control the flood waters and the river in times of drought
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| crops | wheat and barley (most important) beans, onions, lettuce,cucumber, herbs.
trees with date palm, all and pomegranate. trees planted along canal banks
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| Uruk | one of many small cities in southern Mesopotamia
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| inventions in Sumer | irrigation system, wheeled vehicle, sailboats, pottery wheel, ideas in science and math and WRITING- most important
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| school in Sumer | only a few boys and almost no girls
practiced cuneiform writing and math
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| decade | 10 years
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