Geography
Name means land between two rivers
Mesopotamia
The Mesopotamian's invented this object to make moving things from place to place easier.
The Wheel
Belief in many gods
Polytheism
Self governing cities that also govern nearby villages
City-States
A geographical area of fertile land in the Middle East stretching in a broad semicircle from the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates
Fertile Crescent
Which two rivers is Mesopotamia between?
Tigris and Euphrates
A wall that keeps flooded water within its banks
Levee
A temple that was built to house the gods.
Ziggurat
A group of states or territories controlled by one ruler
Empire
How many laws were in Hammurabi's Code?
282
Large bodies of water that the rivers flow into
Persian Gulf
The first form of writing
Cuneiform
A Sumerian folk hero
Gilgamesh
Harsh laws put in place for the Babylonians to follow.
Hammurabi's Code
Name the 3 Sumerian city-states we discussed
Ur, Uruk, Eridu
Where do the Tigris and Euphrates begin?
Taurus Mountains
Built to bring water to fields during droughts.
Irrigation Canals
Sumerians used these to build their homes
Mud Bricks
This group in the social hierarchy holds the least amount of power
Farmers
Leader of the Chaldean's
Nebuchadnezzar
The country where modern day Mesopotamia is currently located.
Iraq
Invented to make farming and planting crops easier
Plow
Babylonian leader who is known for his harsh laws
Hammurabi
Used to communicate between different city-states
Cuneiform
Leader of the Akkadian Empire
Sargon