Location/ Geography
Area between 2 rivers?
Mesopotamia
We use this to close our doors and safes.
Locks and keys
Having more than one god?
Polytheisic
Who were the upper class men of the social structure?
Kings and Emperors/ Priests
Mesopotamia was known as the?
Fertile Crescent
On a present map were would Mesopotamia be located?
Iraq
We eat and hold items in these?
Ceramics and pottery
What did the Mesopotamians do to please the gods?
They built temples/ ziggurats to sacrifice food, wine, and animals
Who are the people at the bottom of the pyramid?
slaves
God of water?
Enki
What 2 rivers was Mesopotamia located between?
Tigris and The Euphrates River
They made tools out of?
Iron, Bronze
How many gods did they worship?
3000+
What was the name of the Justice System?
Code of Hammurabi
What is the name of the Sumerian writing system?
cuneiform
What feature of Geography was the most important in helping the develop men of valleys?
fertile soils
What System in the Ancient Mathematics consists of:
A 60 second minute
A 60 minute
And a 360° angle
The Base 60 system
Which person is allowed to enter the temple?
Priests
What is the job of a Government official/ scribe?
They record the people of the city-state
God of heaven?
Anu
Ziggurats are located at?
The center of the city-state.
They discovered, Math, Agriculture and, a form of writing. List one more thing they have discovered.
Astronomy
Mesopotamians worshiped these gods?
Enki, Anu and Enlil
When was Hammurabi's Code established?
In Babylon, around 1754 BCE
Mesopotamia was called?
Sumer