1. Chapter 3 ~ Mesopotamia
Vocabulary

2. Meaning of Mesopotamia
“The land between two rivers”

3. The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers are the two rivers that surround Mesopotamia

4. Skilled workers are known as...
ARTISANS

5. ● City-state – the city and the surrounding farmland; each had its own gods and own laws

6. Scribe – writers

7. ● Levees – raised area of soil used to control the rivers

8. Ziggurat – a temple in the center of each Sumerian City “mountain of god” or “hill of heaven”

9. ● Priest-kings – Sumerian priests who were also kings of city-states

10. “Cradle of Civilization”
– Mesopotamia was called this because this was the birthplace of civilizations

11. ● Reform – improvement ● Reign – period of power ● Surplus – extra
Some more vocabulary
● Culture – Way of life
● Reform – improvement ● Reign – period of power
● Surplus – extra

12. A few more vocabulary terms!
● Empire – a group of states under one ruler
● Hereditary –passed down from parent to child

13. Sargon I A leader from the city-state Akkad
He created the world’s first empire
His reign was the longest empire...50 years!

14. Gilgamesh
● one of the most famous priest-king... the Story of Gilgamesh is the oldest known piece of literature

15. Hammurabi
Hammurabi – conquered Akkad and Sumer to create a new, great empire
Hammurabi extended his rule and his new empire all the way to the Mediterranean Sea
Hammurabi made the god of Babylon above all other gods;

16. Hammurabi Hammurabi began a government housing program.
Hammurabi took the best laws from each city-state and created a “Code of Laws”

17. Hammurabi
Hammurabi’s reign was known as “The Golden Age of Babylon”