A | B |
Ziggurat | Temple |
Cuneiform | Wedge shaped writing |
Stylus | A reed used to write with on clay tablets |
Mesopotamia | Landa between the rivers |
Fertile Crescent | A semicircular shaped wedge of land in the Middle East where civilization began (Mesopotamia is another name for this) |
Eurphrates River | Southern border of Mesopotamia |
Tigris River | Northern border of Mesopotamia |
Epic of Gilgamesh | Example of Sumerian writing for entertainment |
Irrigation Systems | Ways to control water for agriculture, included dams and canal systems |
Ur | the location of the largest known ziggurat |