What is a Civilization?
A civilization is a complex society with cities, organized government, art, religion, social classes, and a system of writing.
What are three reasons river valleys were important?
Farming, Trade, and Cities
What does the name "Mesopotamia" mean?
"Land between two rivers"
The area was known as the _______ crescent.
Fertile
What was a major problem with this land?
Flooding was very unpredictable.
What was left behind in the springtime after the floods?
Rich soil
Over time, farmers learned how to use ____________ to water their crops.
Irrigation
The first major civilization in Mesopotamia was in a region called _________.
Sumer
Two crops grown by the Sumarians were ___________ and ____________.
Barley and Dates
The___________ class in Sumer included farmers and fishers.
Middle Class
Government officials were members of the _________ class.
Upper
The writing of the Sumerians was called ___________.
Cuneiform
The __________________ is the most famous piece of literature from Sumer.
Epic of Gilgamesh
An epic is a long poem that tells the story of __________.
A hero
Sargon conquered all of Mesopotamia, creating the __________________.
The World's First Empire
Hammurabi was a king who created the ___________________.
The Code of Hammurabi
