Mesopotamia Vocabulary

believing in many gods

a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds

a region of city-states in Mesopotamia that was home to the first civilization

a political unit made up of a city and its surrounding lands

pictures that stand for words or ideas

a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and make rows for planting

one of the professional record keepers in early civilizations

a huge mud brick tiered temple built by the ancient Sumerians

King of Uruk, he became a legendary figure in the Sumerian literature

the land between the TIgris and Euphrates rivers is called

the world's first system of writing

a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving

a system using numbers for mathematical calculations based on the number 60

a region stretching from th Persian Gulf northwest up the TIgris and Euphrates rivers.

the fine soil carried by the rivers and deposited by nearby land

a region with different territories and peoples under a single rule.

one of the world's first law codes

an ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River

Mesopotamia developed a twelve month calendar.

a circular frame or disk that can be solid or spoked