Geography
Tigris & Euphrates Rivers
a written set of laws
law code
this innovation made watering crops more efficient
irrigation
Sumerians worshipped many gods, this practice is known as
Polytheism
He was the earliest known ruler to unite an empire under one law code.
Hammurabi
identify the bodies of water to each side of Mesopotamia
The Mediterranean Sea (West)
The Persian Gulf (South east)
see map on pg 67
a government headed by a king
kingship pg 73 (please read and understand carefully for the test)
Sumerians were rich in fertile soil but would travel far for which resources?
wood, stone, metals
what features of Civilization did Sumer develop? List at least 3
the plow, the wheel, the sail, a system of writing, agriculture, mathematics, their number system based of 60 units (time, and measuring circles)
this term means the transferring of ideas or customs from one culture to another
what do we call a city and its surrounding land and villages that it controls
a city- state
What is a trading system in which people exchange goods directly without using money?
Barter
Which two inventions made trade possible?
The Wheel and the Sail
"if a man knocks out the eye of another man, he shall weigh out 1/2 a mina of silver" this is an example of a written set of laws, also known as...
a law code
a person who is NOT civilized,
a person who does not act politely
a barbarian
Sargon came to power out of the city state of ________ just North of Sumer.
Akkad
polytheism
Most historians agree that writing first developed, where?
In the middle east, or Mesopotamia
The first Mesopotamian empire was created by ....
Sargon the Great
this is a group of countries or peoples who are ruled by one government
an empire
The _______ took control of the city of Babylon after invading from the Arabian Desert.
Amorites
wheeled war vehicles
Chariots
identify one challenge that farmers dealt with in Mesopotamia...
can say,
yearly river floods were dangerous
most of the region beyond the rivers was a desert were nothing grew.
In 2450 B. C, which two sumerian city states went to war, resulting in a downfall, making them vulnerable to conquest by Sargon the Great.
Ur and Laggash
who founded the Babylonian Empire
Hammurabi