Ancient Civilization vocab-
cuneiform- is the earliest type of writing, in 3,300 BC and use clay tablets to write in.
Flax-a type of wheat the Sumerian harvested
sumer- a typer of people we where the first people to get the fertile crescent, and made good inventions
euphrates river-a river below the Tigris river, and where Mesopotamians lived for water
tigris river- a river that is above the Euphrates river, and where Mesopotamians lived for water
epic of gilagaments
production of cloth- they made cloth out of wool and flax
Sumerian inventions- they invented the wheel (for transportation) sailboats/boats, cloth
significant of clothing jewelery and can tell what class you are in, it can keep you warm- easy to wash
neolithic revolution- is where people change from nomadic to settlement, and started planting
ziggurat polytheistic-it is a temple that is like steps and has many beliefs
fertile crescent- the land is very rich, where the first civilization started, and is where the Mesopotamia area was too
mediterran sea- a sea next to Israel and in southern Europe
city-states-sumerians, akkadian, babylon, assyrian empore, chaldean, persian
location of Mesopotamian (today)- it is in Iraq
sumerian trade goods-gold, silver, copper, limestone, timber
sumerian transportations-boats, things with wheels
code of Hammurabi- the earliest law made and laws that control Babylon an eye for an eye
women in Mesopotamia- the women don’t complain much, and they also cook, and don’t do manly stuff, some women had powers(Queen)
