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An area of fertile land in the Middle East is located by the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. This is where civilization flourished.
Fertile Crescent
A strict and harsh set of laws in Ancient Mesopotamia times, created by Babylonian King, Hammurabi.
Code of Hammurabi
What percent of the Sumerian population were farmers?
90%
Which country is modern-day Ancient Mesopotamia located in?
Iraq
The word Mesopotamia means…
“Land between the rivers”
The basic units of Sumerian civilization - a small area surrounding a large city.
City-States
If Hammurabi wrote his code in approximately 1800 BC, how many years ago did he write it?
Approximately 3800 years ago.
Mesopotamia is often referred to as the ________ because of the shape of the area and its rich soil.
The Fertile Crescent
Ancient Mesopotamia is located between which 2 rivers?
Tigris and Euphrates
The Sumerians created the oldest written language called?
Cuneiform
A government where priests rule in the name of god or gods.
Theocracy
Finish this law :
“If a man put out the eye of another man, his __________________.”
“eye shall be put out.”
How did Sumerians move water to their fields through levees and canals?
Irrigation systems
I am the body of water west of Mesopotamia
Mediterranean Sea
What did Ancient Mesopotamians use to write on?
clay tablets
A temple where Sumerians believed gods and goddesses ruled the city.
Ziggurat
A group of states (or city-states) under a single authority.
Empire
This invention from Ancient Mesopotamia revolutionized land travel.
The wheel
What river was to the south of Mesopotamia?
The Euphrates
What story was about the first superhero?
Epic of Gilgamesh
A group of states (or city-states) under a single authority
Empire
What were the 3 levels of Sumerian social hierarchy?
1. Nobles
2. Craftsmen / Commoners
3. Farmers / Slaves
This invention made it much easier for farmers to plant their crops.
The plow (ard)
________ was the first urban civilization in ancient Mesopotamia.
Sumer
The belief in many gods
Polytheism