Mesopotamia 1.2 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 worlds first empire.
Akkad
a large Sumerian city-state in Mesopotamia
Uruk
2700 b.c. Sumerian king whose adventures were recorded in Epic of Gilgamesh.
Gilgamesh
2400 b.c.-2300 b.c. Akkadian king who united all of the city-states of Mesopotamia under his rule, forming the worlds first empire.
Sargon
2330 b.c. Daughter of Sargon and was appointed 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 a series od stacked, rectangular platform.
ziggurat
an 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.
cuneiform
to defeat.
conquer
a large territory consisting of many different places under the control of a singal ruler.
empire
