Chapter 3 Mesopotamia Vocabulary

____ is the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power

This code of laws, a collection of 282 rules, established fines and punishments.

The first Empire to rule all of Mesopotamia was the ______ Empire.

______ was an important Sumerian city in ancient Mesopotamia that served as a trading hub

_____ is the conduct of trade between neighboring cities and civilizations

_____ is the capital city of present day Iraq.

_____ was the greatest ruler of ancient Babylon.

the longest of the two rivers important to Mesopotamia

____is a system of writing first developed by the ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia

What is this religious temple?

______ is located in the Middle East between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula.

Cyrus the Great was the ruler of this vast empire.

_____ is the most famous city from ancient Mesopotamia whose ruins lie in modern-day Iraq

____ is an ancient Mesopotamian city-state located east of Babylon

Under the rule of King Nebuchadnezzar, the _____ built a powerful and wealthy nation.

_____ was considered the first city in the world by the ancient Sumerians

______ was the southern most section of Mesopotamia and the first civilization

What is this?

___ is an ancient record keeper

_____ is the application of controlled amounts of water to nourish plants

____ is a high plain or table land

The _____ are considered to be the first civilization in Mesopotamia.

One of the two rivers that are part of Mesopotamia

____ was the ruler of the Akkadian Empire.

the societal view that men are the authority figures

____ was the king of Babylon who expanded the empire to cover all of Mesopotamia

Considered to be the first major city in the world, _____ was an important Sumerian city

________ is the hero in this Sumerian epic poem, which is the oldest in the world.

_____ is a flat, sweeping land mass that does not change much in elevation

Fertile land between the Tigris/ Euphrates River

A city that forms an independent state/ country