Mesopotamia

2. Mesopotamian society was dominated by men. Women and men had different roles; Men were the head of the home.
4. The early Mesopotamians organized themselves into this and became independent. They raised their own crops and made their own goods and had its own government.
7. A set of principles; Hammurabi is best known this in his empire.
9. The method of building dams, digging canals, and watering crops.
10. The Sumerian writing system that consisted of about 1,200 characters.

1. Irrigation let these early farmers extra amounts of food.
2. The Sumerian people worshiped many Gods. Sumerians thought that different Gods had different powers over nature; rain, wind, etc.
3. To honor its God, a city-state often included a large temple. The word means “to rise high” in ancient Akkadian language.
5. A group of many different lands under one ruler.
6. After years of training, some students became official record keepers.
8. A floodplain contains soil that is enriched by the overflowing waters of a nearby river.