Vocab List #3

5. An area of rich farmland in Southwest Asia where the first civilizations began.
7. A region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, where the first urban societies developed.
11. a powerful empire in northern Mesopotamia
12. group of traders traveling together
13. Belief in 2 or more gods
15. classes a ranking of people into higher or lower positions of respect, based on economic and /or social status
16. supplying land with water through a series of canals

1. The land between these 2 rivers was a source of life for the people of Mesopotamia
2. rich fertile soil deposited by the flooding of a river
3. The land between these 2 rivers was a source of life for the people of Mesopotamia
4. a city with its own government & laws; both a city and an independent state.
6. A group of territories and people controlled by one ruler
8. an ancient kingdom close to the middle of Mesopotamia
9. Able to produce good crops
10. someone skilled in a craft
12. a writer (noun) or to write (verb)
14. a writer (noun) or to write (verb)