Mesopotamia

2. – This invention is attributed to the Sumerians, used in transportation and pottery.
8. – One of the rivers that Mesopotamia arose between.
11. – The king of Assyria in the 7th century BCE, who called himself “king of the world.”
12. city-states often quarreled over water rights and frontiers.
14. – The name “Mesopotamia” comes from Greek and means “land between the rivers.”

1. – These massive structures were erected in the center of city-states to honor local gods.
3. – The other river between which Mesopotamia was situated.
4. – They developed elaborate systems of dykes and canals for drainage and irrigation.
5. – Early Mesopotamians were primarily engaged in farming, growing crops such as barley and wheat.
6. – A later group that occupied parts of Mesopotamia, retaining some of the cultural aspects.
7. – Mesopotamians developed this system of writing, using wedge-shaped marks.
9. – The modern country where Mesopotamia was primarily located.
10. – A nomadic people who became settled farmers in Mesopotamia around 4000 BCE.
13. – The upper social class included nobles, priests, warriors, and relatives of the king.