Mesopotamia Civilization
Life in Sumer
Kings/ Ruler
100
What has cities, organized government, art, religion, class divisions, and a writing system?
CIVILIZATION
100
Who are people who are skilled workers that make metal items, clothes, or pottery?
Artisans
100
What was the king of the Akkadians name?
Sargon
200
What does the word Mesopotamia mean?
" the land between two rivers
200
The Sumerian developed a writing to keep track of their business deals, what was the writing?
Cuneiform
200
What is an Empire?
A group of many unlike lands under one ruler.
300
What are the two rivers of Mesopotamia?
Tigris River & Euphrates River
300
What is the other word for the record keepers?
Scribes
300
What was the city built in the 1800s B.C.?
Babylon
400
What does the word Zigguart mean?
"mountain of the gods" or " the hill of the heaven"
400
What were the other people doing?
They worked as traders or merchants.
400
What was the king of tjhe Babylonians?
King Hammurabi
500
What allowed the farmers to grow plenty of food and support a large population?
IRRIGATION
500
What were the names the people of Sumer divided into?
The upper class, the middle class, and the lower class
500
Why did Hammurabi made these laws?
To bring order and justice to society.
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