Mesopotamia Vocab

An area of rich, fertile farmland in the Middle East

A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks

A way of supplying water to an area of land

countryside location

City-like location

a city that operates as an independent state.

Established the world's first empire

the worship of many gods

land with different territories and under that have a single ruler

the world's first writing system

Long poems that tell the stories of heroes

pyramid shaped temple

The science of building structure

a ruler of a kingdom or empire

First set of written laws

Most famous Mesopotamian king who built the Hanging Gardens