Mesopotamia
Where was Mesopotamia located?
Asia
What type of weather did the civilizations go through?
Hot and Rainy
How did they irrigate their land?
They dug out large storage basins to hold water supplies
Egyptian rulers were known as what?
Pharaoh's
Who was Hammurabi and what did he do?
A Mesopotamian king who made laws/codes
How many rivers divided Mesopotamia?
How did the river produce water?
Snow in the mountains would melt in the summer, creating freshwater
How did farmers protect their land from flooding?
Farmers built up the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates
The rulers in these civilizations were often seen as what?
Gods
What was the most popular crop in Egypt?
Wheat
What were the names of the Rivers?
Tigris and Euphrates
Flooding from the mountains deposited silt, what is silt?
Fertile, rich, soil
What kind of tools were built?
hammers, sickles, axes, and hoes.
True or false:
In ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt, religion and politics were closely linked.
True
Merchants from all over the ancient world were traveling to Egypt to buy what?
Three answers
Wheat, flax, and building materials like mud and sandstone.
Mesopotamia expanded and covered which other parts?
Three answers
Iraq, Turkey, Syria
Where was it more manageable to grow crops?
On the coast
Mesopotamians were probably the first to use what invention?
The wheel
True or False:
Ancient Egyptians and Mesopotamians worshiped many gods, making the polytheistic
True
Why did Pharaoh's build pyramids, big buildings, and monuments?
To be remembered
Which river is longer, the Euphrates or Tigris?
Tigris, by a couple hundred miles.
Why is Mesopotamia part of the fertile crescent? What is it?
An area of land in the Middle East that is rich in fertile soil and crescent-shaped.
By 3000 BCE, they had invented what?
The plow
What were the pharaoh's most responsible for
Maintaining order and harmony
Because Egypt’s climate is very hot, what did they use to keep cool?
White linen clothing to keep themselves cool