SocialStudies

Fertile Cresent.

Cresent shaped region in Western Asia.

Silt

A solid dust like sediment.

Civilazation

An advanced state of human society.

Irrigation

the artificial way to bring water to land.

City-State

A political system consisting of an independent city having sovereignty over contiguous territory.

Gilgamesh

The semi mythic King of Urak.

Noah

Hero of the Bibical Flood story in the old testament.

Hammurabi

Babylon ruler.

Sargon

Ancient mesopatamia ruler

Empire

An aggregation of many separate states.

Polytheism

Worship in many Gods.

Cuneiform.

The worlds first system of writing. Developed in summer.

Scribe

An ancient occupation.

Architecture

A term of describing buildings and other physical structures.

Ziggurat

pyramid shaped temple in summer.

Sumer

an ancient civilization founded in mesopotamia.

Phoenix

The ancient Greeks and Egyptians described a mythical bird called a Phoenix.

Assyrians

 semitic people who comprised one of the oldest civilization.

Jonah

A prophet who rebels against God and flees from God's commands.

Nineveh.

The oldest and most populous city of ancient Assyrian empire.

Cyrus The Great

He created the persian empire by conquering most of southwest Asia.

Darius 1

He restored order to the Persian Empire after a period of rebellion.

Xerxes 1

Son of Darius

Esther

An orphan raised by her uncle Mordecai.

Mordecai

Esther uncle

Haman

the chief minister