ASSYRIA

• Assyria is ancient country which is now northern Iraq.

BABYLON

• Babylon is an ancient city in Mesopotamia.

CUNEIFORM

• Cuneiform was used in the ancient writing of Mesopotamia.

DOMESTICATE

• The Mesopotamians domesticated animals like sheep.

EUPHRATES RIVER

• The Euphrates River was one of the rivers in the ridges of Mesopotamia.

FERTILE CRESCENT

• Mesopotamia was also know as Fertile Crescent.

GILGAMESH

• Gilgamesh was a legendary king of the Sumerian city state of Uruk.

HUMMARABI

• Hummarabi was the sixth king of Babylonia.

IRRIGATE

• The Mesopotamians used the Tigris River to irrigate there crops. But now we use more modern watering utensils to irrigate our crops and land.

JUDAH

• Judah is the southern part of ancient Palestine.

KISH

• Kish was an early center of civilization.

LAGASH

• Lagash is a city in Iraq.

MESOPOTAMIA

• Mesopotamia is also known as the land between two rivers.

NINEVEH

• Nineveh was an ancient Mesopotamian city in modern day, Iraq.

OUD

• The Oud was a humble instrument from Mesopotamia.

POLYTHEISM

• Polytheism was a religious belief in more than one God.

QUEEN ZENOBIA

• Queen Zenobia was queen of Palmyra, ancient city of Central Syria.

ROYAL ROAD

• The Royal Road was an ancient highway reorganized and rebuilt by the Persian king Darius.

SCRIBE

• Scribes were trained to write cuneiform and record many languages in Mesopotamia.

TIGRIS RIVER

• The Tigris River was one of the rivers on the ridges of Mesopotamia.

UR

• Ur was a city in the region of Sumer, southern Mesopotamia.

VALUE

• In Mesopotamia, silver became the standard of value.

WAR

XTREME ART

YUMMY CROPS

ZIGGARUT