Geography
The environment of Sumer was?
low and flat, with little rain.
Hammurabi's Code was the first?
Known written set of laws
The people of Sumer constructed moats to?
protect cities from attack.
Who was Hammurabi?
emperor of Babylonian Empire
This characteristic includes beliefs about gods, rituals, and explaining natural events or the meaning of life.
Religion
The name of Mesopotamia comes from its location which was?
between two rivers.
Hammurabi said he wrote this code "to bring about the rule of righteousness in the land" What word best defines righteousness in this context? What one word would benefit EVEYONE under his code? (Hint - think righting a wrong)
Justice
A wall of earth built to prevent a river from flooding its bank was a major invention of Sumer what is the name of this invention?
A Levee
The definition of Nobleman
a man of upper classes
This characteristic organizes people into groups or classes based on factors like wealth, power, and jobs.
Social Structure
In Mesopotamia, why did the rivers flood in the spring?(Hint - what happens to ice in the spring)
Snow melted in the mountains where the rivers began.
Hammurabi is most famous for?
His written code of laws
An invention by the Sumerians to worship their gods was called a what?
Ziggurat
What is definition of Freed Man
A man who is free
This characteristic includes creative expression like paintings and sculptures, as well as the design of buildings such as temples and pyramids
Art & Architecture
Why was the Fertile Crescent the site of many early settlements?
The soil was good for crops.
This civilization, located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, produced The Epic of Gilgamesh
Mesopotamia
A major invention of Sumer was a specific type of writing that was written on clay tablets, what was it called?
Cunieform
What is the definition of enslaved?
a person considered property
This occurs when people in a civilization focus on specific jobs, such as farming, trading, or crafting goods.
Specialization
These two rivers is where Mesopotamia got it's name?
Tigris and Euphrates
This King created the first written set of laws and had them inscribed on large pieces of stone called steles?
Hammurabi
One of the biggest inventions of Sumer was developed to help improve Sumerian life and transport goods over long distances. What was it called?
The wheel
What is a scribe?
an individual trained in reading and writing the cuneiform script
This system of leadership makes laws, keeps order, and protects citizens in a civilization
Government