Geography
Mesopotamia is located between these two rivers.
Tigris and Euphrates River
What is believing in more than one god?
Polytheism
What is a triangle shape symbols?
Cuneiform
What type of governmental system did Mesopotamia have?
Monarchy
What is an abundance of?
surplus
How did the Mesopotamians worship their gods?
Offerings of food and sacrifice
Why did Mesopotamians started writing?
To keep record of grains, cattle/sheep, shares to people and to the gods
Who was in charge of city-states and made decisions based on signs from the gods?
Priest
If money did not exist in 600 BCE, what did they use to trade?
Mesopotamians depended on the _______ from the mountains.
flood
Why did the Mesopotamians worship different gods?
They believed the gods controlled everything
What type of tool did Mesopotamians use for writing?
Clay tablet/stylus
King Hammurabi
Who does not belong on the social hierarchy?
a. priest
b. kings
c. gods
d. farmers
C
Mesopotamia is modern day __________.
Iraq, Iran, Syria
I can communicate to the gods and make offerings, who am I?
The Priest
This invention help Mesopotamians transport heavy objects over long distance in shorter amount of time.
The wheel
What was Akkadians greatest achievement?
Creating the first empire
Why were the Phoenicians important to the development of trade in Mesopotamia?
they were sailors and ship builders
Why was the fertile crescent a good place to settle?
Fertile land
What is the oldest story in the world history that survive today?
The Epic of Gilgamesh
The Library of Ashurbanipal has a collection of over 30,000 _____ __________ that is the largest library at that time.
clay tablets
The Assyrians conquered a vast territory, how did they lose it?
Not enough manpowers to control a big territory
How did the Persians improve their economy?
created currency