Mesopotamia Vocab

3. Belief or worship of one god.
4. A city and its surrounding area that forms a state.
5. A form of school in Mesopotamia where student would learn to write, a place where writings were kept.
6. System in which a man is in charge.
7. Person who copies and writes documents, keeps written records of various things.
8. Head of state, person who controls a civilization.
9. The story of a famous sumerian king.
10. Large area of rich fertile farm land stretching from the Mediterranean to the Persian Gulf.
13. System in which a women is in charge.
15. Relating to cities and larger towns.
17. Belief or worship of multiple gods.
18. Form of stepped pyramid or tower, with each level slightly smaller that the one below it.

1. A form of societal arrangement in which some people are higher than other based on many factors.
2. A large group of cities or countries under one ruler.
6. A system of writing using pictures to represent words or phrases.
8. Area between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, literally means “between the rivers”.
11. Writing utensil resembling a pencil that was used to etch into clay or wax covered tablets.
12. Relating to a wedge like shape, the system of writing in and around ancient Mesopotamia.
14. Relating to the countryside or farming, away from large civilizations.
16. The watering of crops with water supplied by a river, stream, channel or other means of reaching the intended location.