Geography
A crescent shaped area of land near the Tigris & Euphrates rivers in the Middle East
Fertile Crescent
A sumerian temple to honor their chief god
ziggurat
The first writing system
cuneiform
One of the earliest known sets of written laws
Hammurabi's Code
TRUE OR FALSE: Women had more rights than men in Ancient Mesopotamia
FALSE
Mesopotamia is a Greek word that means...
land between two rivers
The belief in many gods
polytheism
Mesopotamia created this to use when working with pottery and to make pushing carts easier
the wheel
Communities were organized into these.
City-states
These people were at the bottom of the social structure
slaves
Early people settled in Mesopotamia for this reason
The soil was fertile and they could grow crops so they didn't have to move around anymore.
Mesopotamians believed it was important to honor their gods through rituals, offerings, and festivals. What aspect of GRAPES does this represent?
RELIGION
Large temples called this were built to honor the gods
zigguart
Since the land didn't have many resources but the people were able to grow more crops than they needed, they did this...
trade and barter
These people were at the top of the social structure
kings
The two rivers where Mesopotamia was located
Tigris & Euphrates
Mesopotamia is now present-day ________
Iraq