3.2 Flashcards
a powerful city- state in southern mesopotamia
sumer
a city state in northern mesapotamia the ruler of which conquered all the city - states of mesapotamia and formed the worlds first empire
akkad
a large sumerian city-state in mesopotamia
uruk
sumerian king
gilgamesh
akkadian king who united all of the city states of mesopatamia under his rule forming the worlds first empire
sargon
daughter of sargon
enheduanna
sumerian king who founded the last and most succesful dynasty of ur
ur-nammu
king of sumerian dynasty of ur who was also the son of Ur-nammi
shulgi
a huge pyramid shaped structure formed from a series of stacked rectangular platforms
ziggurat
an organized community with established rules and traditions
society
a professional writer
scribe
a form of wedged shape writing used in ancient time
cuneiform
to defeat
conquer
a large territory consistingof many different places under the control of a single ruler
empire
a ruling family
dynasty