Fertile Crescnet, area between the Persian Gulf and Mediterranean Sea, Cradle of Civilization, place where many early human civilizations developed, Mesopotamia, land between Tigris & Euphrates Rivers, Sumer, 1st civilization; was formed in 3000 BC , city-state, city and surrounding area with its own government, monarchy, government in which one person has complete authority to rule , Ur and Uruk, first cities in Sumer, Middle East, where Asia, Africa and Europe meet , Kings, head officials, high priests, highest class of Sumerian sociey , Priests, scribes, merchants, artisans, middle class of Sumerian society, peasant farmers, slaves, lowest class of Sumerian society , polytheism, belief in may gods , ziggurat, pyramid temple used to sacrifice gifts to gods, cuneiform, system of writing invented by the Mesopotamians , wagon wheel, sundial, algebra, geometry, inventions by the Mesopotamians .

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