Geography
Mesopotamia is called the "land between two rivers" because of this.
What is its geographic location?
The 'ladders' which Gods would use to descend to the earth.
What are ziggurats?
The ruler of Mesopotamia.
Who is the king?
The name of the market where goods were traded, bought, and sold.
What is the bazaar?
Only these people could become scribes.
Who are boys?
The are the two most important rivers in Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
This group measured the length of a year and charted the stars.
Who are the Chaldeans?
This is the place where the most empires were from.
What is Babylon?
Name at least three resources within Mesopotamia.
What are reeds, clay, spices, shells, baskets, weaving? Answers will vary!
The ruling principle behind Hammurabi's Code.
What is "an eye for an eye"?
These natural events made the land and soil incredibly rich and fertile.
What are the floods and overflowing rivers?
These were the only people taught to write.
Who are scribes?
Because of these people and their contribution of written records, we know a lot about Mesopotamia.
Who are the Assyrians?
These people produced textiles, wool, pottery, glass, leather works, and stone sculptures.
Who are artisans?
In the cities, this is where the people of higher power and wealth lived.
What is inside of the walls and barriers ?
This is the shape of the fertile crescent.
What is a crescent moon?
These people were known as, "Sailors of the Mediterranean".
Who are the Phoenicians?
Under this group of people New Babylonia become a center for learning and science.
Who are the Chaldeans?
The economy of Mesopotamia largely depended on these two things.
What are agriculture and water?
These people were at the very bottom of the social structure pyramid.
Who are slaves and farmers?
The rivers brought these three important resources.
What are reeds, clay, and fish?
These stories about Gods explain Sumerian religion
What are myths?
An area of many territories and people controlled by one government.
What is an empire?
Modern day Mesopotamia is called this.
What is Iraq?
Who was best served by the laws of Hammurabi's Code?
The royals and the wealthy people in the society.