Mesopotamia Vocabulary

in mythology, the god/human who ruled the city state of Uruk in southern Mesopotamia

a large temple built to honor a god in a city state. Means “to rise high” in ancient Akkadian.

wooden plow: a group of people traveling together, often on a trading expedition

scribe: official record keepers

cities that had their own government and was not part of any larger governing state

Sumer upper class were king and priests midle class were mercants farmer and artisan the lowet class were enslave people

a society dominated by men

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the worship of many gods

Nebuchadnezzar: Chaldean king known for rebuilding Babylon and building the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

a method of watering crops where water flows from a water source to the fields

Sargon: Akkadian king who united Akkad with Sumer, creating the world’s first empire.

he king who created the Babylonian empire and who’s best known for creating a set of laws for his empire

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caravan: Chaldean king known for rebuilding Babylon and building the Hanging Gardens of Babylon

cuneiform: wedge-shaped writing created by Sumerians and made up of 1200 different characters

Fertile Crescent