Geography
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(66-67)
The land of Ancient Mesopotamia was located between these two rivers?
Tigris & Euphrates River
What was built in Ancient Mesopotamia to honor gods?
Ziggurats
Written language the Ancient Mesopotamians created.
Cueniform
A city and its surrounding lands and settlements is known as ____________.
A city-state
People who could read and write.
Scribes
The land between the rivers.
What is Mesopotamia?
What did the Ancient Mesopotamians believe in?
Many gods (polytheism)
What number system did the Ancient Mesopotamians Create?
Based on 60
• 60 minute, 60 second
• 360 degree circle
What was one of the world's oldest laws called?
Hammurabi's Code of Law
People would _______ in order to acquire goods they needed.
Trade or barter
Mesopotamian land with the richest soil.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
Ziggurat means _________.
Mountaintop
Name 3 inventions / achievements of the Ancient Mesopotamians.
• Plow
• Wheel
• Irrigation
• Number systems based on 60
• Iron
• Cuneiform
• First ship
• Abacus
This ruler practiced tolerance - sympathy for the beliefs and practices of others.
Cyrus the Great
A protection tax is called ________.
Tribute
Name 1 of the 2 seas that flow into the Fertile Crescent.
What is 'the Persian Gulf or Mediterranean Sea'?
Who were powerful leaders in Sumerian society?
Priests
Watering system used for farming.
Irrigation
Sargon's empire was successful because 100 years went by without ________.
Famine
What was the weather like in Mesopotamia?
They experienced hot summers and unreliable rainfall.
Why were the temples in the ziggurat positioned so high?
To be closer to the gods.
Stones lining the bottom of the ship used to provide stability for sailing through rough waters.
Ballast
This was created to make communication much more efficient.
The Royal Road
______ allowed Sumerians time to learn new skills which encouraged trade. Hint: this is the reason civilizations were created.
Surplus