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
c. 2700 B.C. Sumerian king whose adventures were recorded in the Epic Of Gilgamesh
Gilgamesh
c. 2400 B.C.-2300 B.C. Akkadian king who united all of the city-states who united under his rule, forming the world’s first empire
Sargon
c. 2330 B.C. Daughter of Sargon and was appointed the high priestess
Enheduanna
c. 2200 B.C.-2100 B.C. Sumerian king who founded the last and most successful dynasty of Ur
Ur-Nammu
c. 2100 B.C. King of the Sumerian dynasty of Ur who was also known as Ur-Nammu
Shulgi
a huge, pyramid-shaped structure consisting of a series of stacked, rectangular platforms
ziggurats
a organized community with established rules and traditions
society
a worship of many gods
polytheism
a professional writer
scribe
a form of wedge-shaped writing used in ancient times
cuneform
to defeat
conquer
a large territory consisting of many different places under the control of a singular ruler
empire