Sumer and Babylon

Tigris-Euphrates River

By Mesopotamia

What civilizations was Zoroastrianism present in

Sumer and Babylon

What civilizations are associated with the Tigris-Euphrates river

Sumer and Babylon

Crossroads of the World

connects africa, asia, and europe

Cuneiform

Earliest writing for sumerians and babylonians

Code of Hammurabi

A set of written laws on large blocks of stone

Ur

City-state of Sumer near the Euphrates river

Gardens of Babylon

Masterpiece of engineering, elevated gardens

Holy book for zoroastrianism

The Avesta

Babylon

Ancient city in mesopotamia that became the captial of the empire and shared culture with sumerians

Empire

A large area of land made up of different cultures controlled by one powerful ruler

City-state

A city and surrounding environment acts as its own independent country with its own government (UR)

Ahura Mazda

Main god for Zoroastrianism

The main temples of Zoroastrianism

Ziggurats

Mesopotamia

abundant Ancient region between tigris-euphrates river

Epic of Gilgamesh

Worldʻs oldest story with a hero and villain, first mention of a world flood

Main idea of Zoroastrianism

good thoughts good words good deeds