A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks deposited by a river which makes the land around the river ideal for farming

The large arch shaped are of fertile farmland in Southwest Asia is known as

First civilization in Mesopotamia
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The world's first writing system, made up of wedge-shapes on clay tablets

Most people in Mesopotamia worked as

A way of supplying water to an area of land to increase crop production

The two rivers which deposited fertile silt and allowed Mesopotamia to become a civilization

First Empire in Mesopotamia
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The world's oldest known written story is a long poem that tells the story of the hero Gilgamesh. a long poem that ells the story of a hero is called

282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life, written on stone steles for everyone to see

Land with different territories and peoples under one rule

This civilization began in Southern Mesopotamia and is known as the world's first civilization

Empire that took over the Akkadians
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The Sumerians built huge pyramid shaped temples for their many gods called

a person who studies planets and stars

A writer of cuneiform in Sumer was called

Sargon created the world's first empire. He was from an are just north of Sumer called

Empire that took over the Babylonians?
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The people of Mesopotamia control the flow of water to their crops and increased crop production through the use of

The basic political unit in Sumer consisted of a city and all the countryside around it. These political units are called

a group of merchants traveling together for safety, usually with a large number of camels

This beautiful city was located on the Euphrates River near what is Baghdad, Iraq today. Hammurabi ruled from this city

Leader of the Babylonians who is known for his laws

The Sumerians created the a device that can be pulled by oxen and breaks through the hard clay soil to help them farm the device is called

The Sumerians believed in more than 3,000 gods. The belief in more then one god is known as