Mesopotamia Vocabulary

3. A city in Ancient Mesopotamia
6. a person in society who can read/write things down
8. an ancient Mesopotamian temple used to worship their gods found in the middle of city-states
9. the sand or clay found at the bottom of rivers
11. a large number of states unified under a single ruler
13. A pointed tool for writing or drawing
15. to supply the land with water by using things like pipes and hoses

1. a wall of earth built to prevent a river from flooding
2. The land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
4. the first writing system, created in Mesopotamia
5. A creation of something new that has never been made before
7. a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.
10. crescent area of good farmland between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers where the first civilization began
12. the belief in or worship of more than one god.
14. man made waterway