Empires
A professional writer.
What is a scribe?
The first set of written laws (282 total) in the world
What is Code of Hammurabi?
One of the first written languages in the world
What was cuneiform?
Temple built for gods/goddesses
What is a ziggurat?
To find the secret to immortality
What was the reason for Gilgamesh's Quest?
We were the lowest people on the social structure pyramid.
Who are slaves/enslaved people?
Ancient city-state located in central
Mesopotamia and ruled by King Hammurabi
What is Babylonia?
territories and groups of people under a single ruler
What is an empire?
The second from the lowest people on the social structure pyramid.
Who were common people/lower class?
The idea that the laws of Hammurabi’s Code are most similar to.
What is an eye for an eye?
Main water systems that were used for trading as well as agriculture
What is the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
The belief in only 1 god/godess
What is Monotheism?
What are Sumerian, Babylonian, Assyrian, and Akkadian?
We were the second highest people on the social pyramid.
Who were Priests?
Pillar listing 282 laws in Hammurabi’s Code in Cuneiform.
What is Stele?
Mesopotamia is often referred to as the ________ because of the shape of the area and its rich soil.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
Translates to mean “Land Between Two Rivers”
What is Mesopotamia?