Geography/Climate
What are the names of the two rivers that Mesopotamia sits between?
Tigris and Euphrates
What were common foods eaten by Mesopotamians
-Beer, bread, onions, grains, beans, grapes, fish, chickpeas, melons, deer, sheep, waterfowl
King Hammurabi
-Babylonian King
-Created first set of codified (written law)
-Harsh punishments
Cuneiform
Mesopotamian writing system
Who is Humbaba?
The demon of the Cedar Forest. Killed by Gilgamesh and Enkidu
What does the word Mesopotamia translate to?
Meso (between)
Potamia (rivers)
Land between rivers!!
True or false: The Mesopotamians believed in 1 single god.
False, they believed in many
What was the point of writing down laws?
-Can't be challenged
-People remember them
-Can enforce them smoothly
Which shape is VERY commonly used in Cuneiform letters/symbols?
Triangles
Why do Gilgamesh and Enkidu set out for the Cedar Forest on an adventure?
-Boredom
-To collect Cedar Wood
-To kill Humbaba
Describe the climate of Mesopotamia
What were Mesopotamian homes commonly made out of?
Sun-dried mud bricks
What are the punishments like in Hammurabi's code?
-Violent, harsh, scary
-Often equal to the crime (eye for an eye)
What is Irrigation?
System of canals that Mesopotamian farmers used to bring water long distances from rivers to crops.
Gilgamesh is the King of which city?
Uruk
What region of the world is Mesopotamia in? Name at least 1 modern day country that Mesopotamia is in.
-Middle East
-Syria, Iraq, Iran
Where did poorer Mesopotamians live
Further from city centers, often near crop fields.
What are the two Mesopotamian Kingdoms we have discovered? Which came first?
Sumer (1st) and Babylonia (2nd)
Which invention made it easier for Mesopotamian farmers to drop seeds in the ground on their crop land?
Plow (hitched to a strong farm animal)
What does Shamash do in Gilgamesh and the Cedar Forest?
Shamash, the Sun God, helps Gilgamesh and Enkidu defeat Humbaba by summoning powerful winds.
What made the crop land in Mesopotamia so fertile?
The Tigris and Euphrates rivers would flood occasionally. A mineral known as SILT was carried into the soil by floodwaters. This allowed the land to become very fertile for growing lots of crops.
Mesopotamian temples, known as ______________, hosted daily visitors for prayer.
Ziggurats
Under Hammurabi's code, if you are a builder that builds a bad house that collapses and kills the home-owners son..... WHAT IS THE PUNISHMENT??
The house builder's son is put to death!
What were some of the uses of writing in ancient Mesopotamia?
-Crop instructions
-Business transactions
-Real Estate and property
-storytelling (Epic of Gilgamesh)
Why might the Mesopotamians have been the first creator of a Superhero
The Mesopotamians were the first human civilization to create and use writing.