2.2 mesopotamia Flashcards
A powerful city-state in southern Mesopotamia.
Sumer
A city-state in northern Mesopotamia, the ruler of which conquered all the city-states of Mesopotamia and formed the world’s first empire.
Akkad
A large Sumerian city-state in Mesopotamia.
Uruk
2700 B.C Sumerian king whose adventures were recorded in the Epic of Gilgamesh.
Gilgamesh
2300 B.C Akkadian king who united all of the city-states of Mesopotamia under his rule, forming the world’s first empire.
Sargon
2330 B.C Daughter of Sargon and was appointed the high priestess of Ur.
Enheduanna
2200 B.C-2100 B.C Sumerian king who founded the last and most successful dynasty of Ur.
Ur-Nammu
2100 B.C King of the Sumerian dynasty of Ur who was also the son of Ur-Nammu.
Shulgi
A huge pyramid-shaped structure consisting of a series of stacked, rectangular platforms.
ziggurat
An organized community with established rules and traditions.
society
The worship of many gods.
polytheism
A professional writer.
scribe
A form of wedge-shaped writing used in ancient times.
cuneiform
To defeat.
conquer
A large territory consisting of many different places under the control of a single ruler.
empire
