The arc of rich soil between the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf.
Fertile Crescent
Made farming in ancient Mesopotamia possible.
Irrigation and drainage ditches.
Independent city-state in Sumeria.
Uruk
Collection of laws devised in ancient Babylon.
Code of Hammurabi
Sumerian writing system.
Cuneiform
The term for a large political unit or state, usually under a single leader, controlling many peoples and territories is _____.
Empire
The Mesopotamian religion, which identified nearly three thousand gods and goddesses, can be described as _____.
Polytheistic
Around 2340 B.C., the Sumerian city-states were conquered by the Akkadians under their leader _____.
Sargon
The Sumerians invented all of the following technology _____.
The wagon wheel, a math system based on units of 60, and the sundial.
The most famous piece of Mesopotamian literature is _____.
Ziggurat
