Nickname for Mesopotamia

Two rivers in Mesopotamia that contributed to the fertile nature of the soil

The climate of Mesopotamia

Present day country where Mesopotamia once was

developed to divert water from the rivers into the dry desert land to water crops

The hero in an ancient Sumerian epic

fierce warriors who controlled Mesopotamia 1000 years after Hammurabi

Leader of the Akkadians who established the first empire

Developed history's first Code of Law "An eye for an eye"

Led by Nebuckadnezzar, rebuilt the city of Babylon and made it the world's richest and largest city.

sumerians invented this idea used to measure a circle

used to dig for planting, this invention is still important today

one of the most important sumerian inventions, this is still used today to transport people and goods

Sumeran writing

buy and sell goods and spread ideas around the world

Art consisted of pottery, objects carved from wood, shelters, tombs.

hunted animals, gathered, nuts, berries, amd grains

Advancements were making fire, creating a language, makimg simple tools and shelters

Women cared for children and did household tasks, men herded, farmed, and protected the village

Made mud-brick houses and places of worthip; specialized in jobs; used copper and bronze to make tools

diaries letters journals photos

People who study about the human past.

Studies artifacts and fossils to help them understand the past.

A good of maps.

Biographies Encyclopedias History Books

"Fertile Crescent" or "Cradle of Civilization"

Tigris and Euphrates

hot and dry

Iraq

irrigation

Gilgamesh

Assyrians

Sargon

Hammurabi

Chaldeans

360 degrees

plow

wheel

Cuneiform

trade

Neolithic

Paleolithic

Paleolithic

Neolithic

Neolithic

Primary Sources

historians

archaeologists

atlas

Secondary Sources