| A | B |
|---|
| Iraq | What the land between rivers is called today |
| Mesopotamia | what the land between rivers was called 7000 years ago |
| Tigris River | Located to the east of Mesopotami |
| Euphrates River | located to the west of Mesopotamia |
| Land between the rivers | meaning of Mesopotamia |
| flooding | early farmers depended on the rivers to do this for irrigation |
| Irrigation | bringing water to a dry area from a place with plenty |
| canals | led water from the rivers to their food crops |
| Sumerians | first inhabitants of Mesopotamia |
| Challenges | first city-states faced many of these |
| city-states | centers of religious worship |
| stable food supply | development of the plow and seed funnel |
| social structure | Included three classes of people |
| Upper class | included priest and government officials |
| Middle class | included artesians and merchants |
| Lower class | included slaves |
| Artisians | crafts people who created products |
| Merchants | people who sold the products |
| Farmers | were both an Artesian and a Merchant |
| Code of Hammurabi | consisted of 282 laws |
| system of government | ensured society was orderly |
| religious system | involves a set of beliefs and worship |
| highly developed way of life | included the arts |
| advances in technology | inventions and creations |
| highly developed written language | how we know so much about the Sumerians |
| Cuneiform | written language |
