Mesopotamian
Between two rivers
Mesopotamian refers to anything relating to Mesopotamia, the ancient region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in what is now Iraq and parts of Syria and Turkey.
As a noun, a Mesopotamian is a person from this region, home to some of the earliest known civilizations including Sumer, Babylon, and Assyria.
Mesopotamian civilization developed the earliest known writing system.
The term appears most often in historical and archaeological contexts.
Ancient southern Mesopotamia
- BabylonAncient Mesopotamian capital
- AssyriaAncient Mesopotamian empire
- UrEarly Mesopotamian metropolis
- NinevehAssyrian empire's seat
city-state · empire · dynasty · cradle of civilization · Fertile Crescent · Tigris · Euphrates · irrigation
Stepped ancient temple mound
- templeSacred worship structure
- palaceMonarch's official residence
- Tower of BabelOrigin of linguistic diversity
- city wallsFortified urban perimeter
Mesopotamian epic protagonist
- IshtarBabylonian goddess of love
- MardukBabylonian supreme deity
- TiamatSumerian primordial sea goddess
- AnuMesopotamian heaven deity
Enuma Elish · Atrahasis · Epic of Gilgamesh · underworld · flood myth · creation myth · netherworld
Flat portable computing device
- stylusPointed implement for marking
- wedge-shapedTapering to an edge
- scriptWritten words for performance
- clayMoldable earth for ceramics
inscription · logograms · syllabary · pictographs · ideograms · scribe · decipherment · record-keeping
Ancient Babylonian king-legislator
- SargonAkkadian empire founder
- NebuchadnezzarChaldean dynasty monarch
- Cyrus the GreatFirst Achaemenid emperor
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
Ancient Babylonian legal collection
- law codeSystematic compilation of laws
- astronomyScience of celestial objects
- mathematicsScience of quantity and structure
- calendarDate-tracking system
wheel · plow · writing · bronze · irrigation · divination · medicine · trade routes
Sumer
Ancient southern Mesopotamia
- BabylonAncient Mesopotamian capital
- AssyriaAncient Mesopotamian empire
- UrEarly Mesopotamian metropolis
Nineveh · city-state · empire · dynasty · cradle of civilization · Fertile Crescent · Tigris · Euphrates · irrigation
ziggurat
Stepped ancient temple mound
- templeSacred worship structure
- palaceMonarch's official residence
- Tower of BabelOrigin of linguistic diversity
city walls · courtyard · terrace · drainage
Gilgamesh
Mesopotamian epic protagonist
Anu · Enuma Elish · Atrahasis · Epic of Gilgamesh · underworld · flood myth · creation myth · netherworld
tablet
Flat portable computing device
- stylusPointed implement for marking
- wedge-shapedTapering to an edge
- scriptWritten words for performance
clay · inscription · logograms · syllabary · pictographs · ideograms · scribe · decipherment · record-keeping · archive
Hammurabi
Ancient Babylonian king-legislator
- SargonAkkadian empire founder
- NebuchadnezzarChaldean dynasty monarch
- Cyrus the GreatFirst Achaemenid emperor
Code of Hammurabi
Ancient Babylonian legal collection
- law codeSystematic compilation of laws
- astronomyScience of celestial objects
- mathematicsScience of quantity and structure
calendar · wheel · plow · writing · bronze · irrigation · divination · medicine · trade routes
- GilgameshGilgamesh, Epic of Gilgamesh, Utnapishtim, Ishtar, immortality
MesopotamianEgyptian
Relating to the pharaohs' land
Chinese · Indus Valley · Mesoamerican · Mayan · Polynesian
MesopotamianEgyptian
Relating to the pharaohs' land
East Asian · South Asian · European · Mesoamerican · Andean
Mesopotamianmodern
Of recent times
contemporary · current · present-day · futuristic · postmodern
- ancient MesopotamiaEarly civilization between rivers