Map Skills
The two rivers that were the foundation of Mesopotamia
The Tygris and Euphrates Rivers
This was the achievement Mesopotamians created to water their crops.
Irrigation
Hammurabi's Code was _________________
A list of laws and consequences written by King Hammurabi during his reign as king.
The Sumerian people believed in worshiping many gods. the term for this is __________________________________________
Polytheism
Irrigation is
the canals dug to let water flow to the crops
The mountain range to the east of the Tigris river
Zagros Mts.
Irrigation was essential for _______________.
Crop Production
King Hammurabi was king of ____________.
Babilon
The people of Mesopotamia believed they were created to do ________________.
The work of the Gods
this is a community that does not have a larger governing body. It has its own laws.
City-state
The body of water the Tygris and Euphrates Rivers flow into.
Persain Gulf
What were two major components to the irrigation System?
Canals, Levees, Gates
Hammurabi's Code had ___________ codes or laws.
282
This is the name of the structure built to worship the gods.
Ziggurats
The people that wrote the history of Mesopotamia and kept the records
Scribes
Where is Mesopotamia Located
Present day Iraq
By creating the irrigation system, the Mesopotamians could control the rivers ___________
Flooding
Hammurabi's Code covered 4 different types of laws they were ___________________________.
Business, Family, Civil, and Criminal
Punished
The fertile soil that is left after flooding
Silt
They created the irrigation system because
It was a way for them to protect the crops and control when they needed to water them.
Hammurabi's code included everyone in the current ________________.
Society
The Mesopotamian people believed that the gods controlled ____________________________
Every aspect of life.
The first written language
Cuniform