Mesopotamia: key vocabulary to use at english-speaking classes for secondary education.

1. MESOPOTAMIA
KEY VOCABULARY

2. MESOPOTAMIA
• CIVILISATION
• IRAQ
• TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES
• GREEK WORD
• LAND BETWEEN THE
TWO RIVERS

3. CUNEIFORM
SCRIPT
• CLAY TABLETS
• SCRIBES
• PICTOGRAPHS
• REED STYLUS
• TAXES AND COMMERCE
• SUMERIANS
• 3500 BC

4. ZIGGURAT
• TEMPLE
• ADOBE BRICKS
• BUILDING
• STAIRCASES
• TERRACES
• GOD/GODDESS
• PRIEST
• ADMINISTRATIVE
OFFICES, SCRIBES,
ARCHIVES

5. GILGAMESH
• KING OF URUK
• SUPER HERO
• ENKIDU
• FRIEND
• INMORTALITY
• OLDEST EPIC POEM
• THE GREAT FLOOD

6. HAMMURABI CODE
• 282 LAWS
• KING OF BABYLON
• SHAMASH, BABYLONIAN GOD
• PUNISHMENTS
• “AN EYE FOR AN EYE”
• INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY
• BLACK STONE

7. ASSYRIAN
PALACES
• NORTH MESOPOTAMIA
• TOOK OVER MESOPOTAMIA
AND EGYPT
• HUNTING
• WAR
• BRUTALITY
• PALACES
• KING ASHURBANIPAL
• LION
• SWORD
• ARROW

8. ISHTAR GATE OF
BABYLON
• BABYLON
• ISHTAR, GODDESS OF LOVE
• KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR II
• GATE
• 15 METERS HIGH
• PERGAMON MUSEUM IN
BERLIN

9. HANGING
GARDENS OF
BABYLON
• BABYLON
• QUEEN AMYTIS
• KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR II
• VEGETATION
• WATERFALLS
• QUEEN AMYTIS MISSED HER
HOMELAND IN THE MOUNTAINS
• BABYLON LIES NEAR THE DESERT