Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
30 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
a group of people who have a complex and organized society within a culture
|
civilization
|
|
|
rich, as in soil
|
fertile
|
|
|
an area of flat land
|
plain
|
|
|
an area of high, flat land
|
plateau
|
|
|
a system of transporting water to crops
|
irrigation
|
|
|
a city that is in an individual unit, complete with its own form of government and traditions
|
city-state
|
|
|
an area on Earth with common physical features.
|
region
|
|
|
a craftsperson such as a potter or weaver.
|
artisan
|
|
|
The area between the two rivers became known as ______ or “the land between the rivers.”
|
Mesopotamia
|
|
|
Civilizations first developed in southwestern Asia in a crescent-shaped area. This region stretched from the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers to the mouth of the Persian Gulf.Because of the region’s fertile, or rich, soil and its curved shape, we call it _____.
|
Fertile Crescent
|
|
|
The people of southern Mesopotamia were problem solvers. They had to be, as the only real natural resources they had were _____and ______.
|
water and soil.
|
|
|
The people of southern Mesopotamia homes were made out of _______
|
bricks made of mud with straw that were dried in the sun
|
|
|
The people of southern Mesopotamia worked as farmers or herders of _______.
|
domesticated goats, cattle, and sheep.
|
|
|
Farmers of southern Mesopotamia planted crops such as _________
|
as barley, millet, wheat, dates, lentils, onions, garlic, turnips, lettuce, cucumbers, and apples.
|
|
|
_________ was a major step toward the rise of civilization in southern Mesopotamia.
|
The production of surplus food
|
|
|
________ packed up donkeys with goods like barley and woven cloth. They then set out on long trading journeys. They returned with copper, stone, wood, and other raw materials that Mesopotamia lacked.
|
Traders
|
|
|
Because there was plenty of surplus food, it was no longer necessary for all of the people to work as farmers and herders. Name other professions
|
Some people helped govern the city, while others were religious leaders or soldiers. Some were artisans, or craftspeople, such as potters and weavers. In exchange for the services they provided, these workers were paid in food.
|
|
|
A pyramid-shaped structure consisting of a series of stacked rectangular platforms.
|
ziggurat
|
|
|
an organized community with established rules and traditions
|
society
|
|
|
the worship of many gods
|
polytheism
|
|
|
A professional writer
|
scribe
|
|
|
A scribe pressed a reed into a wet clay tablet, leaving groups of wedge-shaped markings.This form of wedge-shaped writing is known as
|
cuneiform
|
|
|
defeated
|
conquered
|
|
|
a large territory—consisting of many different places— all under the control of a single ruler.
|
An empire
|
|
|
the ruling family of an empire
|
dynasty
|
|
|
sumerian king whose adventures were recorded in the EPIC of Gilgamesh
|
Gilgamesh
|
|
|
Akkadian king who united all the city-states of the Mesopotamia under his rule, forming the world's first empire
|
Sargon
|
|
|
Daughter of Sargon and was appointed high priestess of Ur
|
Enheduanna
|
|
|
Sumerian king who founded the last and most successful dynasty of Ur.
|
Ur-Nammu
|
|
|
King of the Sumerian dynasty of Ur who was also the son of Ur-Nammu
|
Shulgi
|
