Laws & Government
The kind of government they had
Monarchy
The % of people who farmed
80%
The belief system they followed
Polytheistic belief system
The first form of communication
Artistic wall carvings
The first form of communication
pictographs/wall carving
When the oldest known surviving law code was created
2100-2050 BCE.
One thing adults did for leisure
board games and boxing or wrestling
The form of writing they created and uses
Cuneiform
The reason temples are viewed as most powerful place
Direct contact to the gods
The items they used to make art
Mud, Brick Clay, Stones
How many different laws of code they had
2
A group in the middle of the heirachey
merchants and craftsmen, common laborers and farmers
The oldest known human language they created
Sumerian language
The amount of Gods/Goddesses
7
The type of art seen as status symbol
Portraits
The creator of their first law of code
Hammarubi
Two items included in a daily meal
barley bread, onions, grain porridge, vegetable stews, fish, and nutrient-rich beer
The drink created from grains and dates
Beer
Ashur
ancient national god
religion, state power, monumental building, and record-keeping
One of the industry women dominated
Textile, Brewing, Weaving
How lower-class children spent their days
learned trades directly from their parents, not allowed to go to school
The invention that uses canals to bring water from rivers to fields
Irrigation
Who did they believe Ashur sent as his forthcoming
The king
Biggest Architectural Works
Palaces, Gateways, Ziggurats