Mesopotamia (lesson 2) Flashcards
Sumer
a powerful city-state in southern Mesopotamia.
Akkad
a city-state in northern Mesopotamia.
Uruk
a large Sumerian city-state in Mesopotamia.
Gilgamesh
a Sumerian king whose adventures where recorded in the Epic of Gilgamesh.
Sargon
an Akkadian king who united all of the city-states in Mesopotamia under his rule, forming the worlds first empire
Enheduanna
the daughter of Sargon and was appointed the high priestess of Ur
Ur-Nammu
a Sumerian king who founded the last dynasty of Ur
Shulgi
king of the Sumerian dynasty of Ur and the son of Ur-Nammu
ziggurat
a pyramid-shaped structure were people go to worship gods.
society
an organized community with laws or rules and with traditions.
polytheisem
the worship of many gods
scribe
a pro writer
cuneiform
a form of wedge-shaped writing used in ancient times
conquer
to defeat
empire
a large territory with many different places under the control of the same ruler
