Vocabulary
someone who makes something
Who are artisans?
The person who came up with an eye for an eye
Who is Hammurabi?
All civilizations (including Mesopotamia) start where:
Where is a river valley?
Explain eye for eye
What is exact revenge?
Name 4 inventions of Mesopotamia
What are the wheel, plow, calendar, sailboat, 360-degree circle, and number system based on 60?
these were used during the irrigation process
What are levees?
I created the world’s first empire:
Who is Sargon I?
Nutrient-rich soil left behind after flooding
What is silt?
Name 3 of Hammurabi’s reforms:
What are the irrigation system, religion, tax system, and government housing program?
Explain why “eye for an eye” isn’t really “eye for an eye”
It still depended on social class
*go over examples*
Form of writing used in ancient Mesopotamia (must be spelled correctly)
What is cuneiform?
____ made up about 85 percent of the population
Who are the farmers?
How often and when did the rivers flood?
What is every spring?
What modern concept of being accused of a crime is still used today?
What is innocent until proven guilty?
Name 5 specific laws of Hammurabi
Answers will vary
Having a _____ of goods allowed Sumerians to _______ (need both)
What are SURPLUS and TRADE?
Who was the head of the household and who could enter the ziggurat?
Who are the father/husband and the priest?
Give 6 reasons why Sumerians settled near a specific water source
What are drinking, bathing, fish, trade, transportation, waterfowl, crops?
Complete the social pyramid for Mesopotamia on the board (2 top, 3 middle, 2 bottom)
What is
Top: priests, advisors, generals, king, middle: merchants, artisans, fisherman farmers lower: slaves, unskilled workers
Name 2 rights of females and name 1 thing they could not do
What are buying/selling property, running a business, they could not go to school?