Mesopotamia Flashcards
Sumer
A powerful city-state in southern in Mesopotamia
Akkad
a city-state in northern Mesopotamia the ruler of which conquered all the city-states of Mesopotamia and formed the worlds first empire
Uruk
A large Sumerian city-state in Mesopotamia
Gilgamesh
Sumerian king whose adventures were recorded in the Epic of Gilgamesh
Sargon
Akkadian king who united all of the city-states in Mesopotamia under his rule, forming the worlds first empire
Eneduanna
Daughter of Sargon and was appointed the high priestess
Ur-namma
Sumerian king who founded the last and most successful dynasty of Ur
Shulgi
King of the Sumerian dynasty of Ur who was also the son of Ur-Nammu
ziggurat
a huge, pyramid-shaped structure consisting of a series of stacked, rectangular prism
society
an organized community with rules and traditions
polytheism
the worship of many gods
scribe
a professional writer
cuneiform
the form of a wedge-shaped writing used in ancient times
conquer
to defeat
empire
a large territory consisting of many different places under the control of a single ruler
