Geography
What does Mesopotamia mean?
Land between 2 rivers.
What innovation was created to help people move around quicker through Mesopotamia?
The wheel
Who created the code of laws in Babylon?
King Hammurabi.
Who did Hammurabi's Code of Laws apply to?
Everyone
What does fertile mean?
Good for growing crops.
What is an innovation?
New idea that is suppose to make life easier for people.
What were religious temples called in Mesopotamia?
Ziggurats
An accused person could jump into this river to prove their innocents.
Euphrates River
What country is Mesopotamia in?
Iraq
This tool was created to be able to tell time.
Sun Dial
Who was the first King of the Akkadians?
King Sargon
Who gave Hammurabi the Code of Laws?
The gods(Shamash)
The Tigris and Euphrates river empty into this gulf.
Irrigation.
Hammurabi ruled over which city-state?
Babylon(Babylonian Empire)
How did Hammurabi make sure everyone knew the laws?
They were posted in public places, and were read aloud to the public.
fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water and deposited as a sediment, very good for growing crops.
Silt
What was the writing of Mesopotamia called?
Cuneiform
These people gave the world the sun dial, 60 minutes in a hour, and the 7 day week.
Neo-Babylonians
What would determine the consequence a person would receive for breaking a law?
Their social class or rank.
What are the 2 deserts near Mesopotamia?
Arabian and Syrian Desert
Neo-Babylonians created a new way of warfare called siege- What was the strategy?
Keep people from coming and going so they would run low on resources.
Which empire was known for brutally conquering city-states. Word would spread about their violence.
Assyrians
Who was at the top of the social structure in Mesopotamia?
Kings and noblemen