Mesopotamia Words
This is a review of terms that are crucial to understand in order to study Mesopotamia.
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- A man made channel that is built to carry water from one location to another.
- This is a unit of weight (used to measure grain) that was invented in Mesopotamia.
- An advanced state of human society that is identified by a structured government and culture.
- When ruling powers in a kingdom are passed from one generation to the next.
- The action of watering crops through use the of man made channels.
- A large number of regions that are controlled by one ruler called an emperor.
- An independently governed region centered around a city and its surrounding areas.
- A name of a region that is located between two rivers in the Middle East.
- The world's very first civilization
- A tool that is used to write characters or symbols.
- A king of Babylon who was famous for his construction projects.
- A king in Babylon who was famous for creating the first set of written laws and punishments.
- The first laws that were written down.
- An ancient wedge-shaped form of writing that was invented in Sumer.
- Large, flat-roofed temple that was located in the middle of a Mesopotamian city.
- An ancient mythological character in the world's first written story.
- A word that means farming.
- The two rivers that border Mesopotamia.
- A nickname given to Mesopotamia because of its shape and fertile land.
- A word that describes soil that is good for growing crops.
- Mud and nutrients that are left behind after a river overflows its banks.
- Items that scribes used upon which to record information.
- This is the principle upon which the laws of Hammurabi's Code are based.
- The exchanging of goods or services
- The presence and function of trade and money in a region.
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