The Early Civilization Picture Dictionary

Tigris and Euphrates

Mesopotamia nestled itself between these two rivers

Nile

What is the longest river in the world?

channel

a body of water joining two larger bodies of water

city state

a city that is an individual unit, complete with its own form of government and tradition

cuneiform

a form of wedges shaped writing used in ancient times.

ziggurat

a huge pyramid shaped structure consisting of a series of stacked, rectangle platforms

empire

a large territory consisting of many different places under the control of a single ruler

reservoir

a place where a large quality of a resource is stored for later use

irrigation

a system of transporting water to crops.

barley

a type of grain grown for food.

Levee

a wall built along a river bank to prevent flooding

Egypt

an ancient kingdom and present-day country in north eastern africa

Mesopotamia

an area of flat land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers where one of Central America.

plateau

an area of high, and flat land.

region

an area on earth with common physical features

plain

an area with flat land.

society

an organized community with establish rules and tradition

polytheism

the worship of many gods

conquer

to defeat

Hammurabi

1810 B.C.-1750 B.C. King of Babylon who came to rule all of Mesopotamia and establish a written code of law know as the code of Hammurabi.

Gilgamesh

2700 B.C. Sumerian king whose adventure were recorded in the Epic of Gilgamesh.