Vocab Terms #1
wheeled, horse-drawn cart used in battle
chariot
famous collection of 282 written laws that governed Babylonian society
Hammurabi's Code
The area where the Sumerians lived is in present day Iraq.
Bonus - What tools did scribes use to write in cuneiform?
true
Bonus - reed stylus & clay tablet
What is the name of one of the oldest written stories in world history, which is about a superhuman king who fights demons for glory and wants to live forever?
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Why did the Sumerians build ziggurats?
To honor their city’s god or goddess
political unit with a city and the surrounding area
city-state
world’s first system of writing
cuneiform
The Sumerians’ accomplishments included the wheel, the plow, and the sailboat.
Why is Sargon considered an important figure in world history?
He was the first leader to rule an empire.
How did people successfully farm in the dry climate of Mesopotamia?
Bonus - Which group of people were the first to build city-states in Mesopotamia and live in the Fertile Crescent?
They made canals to transport water from the rivers to their fields.
Bonus - Sumerians
large region of rich farmland near the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers and between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea
Fertile Crescent
pyramid-shaped temple tower
ziggurat
Hammurabi’s Code united the people of Babylon so that they felt safe and protected.
true
Why is Hammurabi considered an important figure in world history?
He made one of the oldest written law codes.
How did irrigation lead to the growth of civilization in Mesopotamia?
It helped produce a surplus of food.
division of society that is based upon one’s rank or class
Bonus - method of supplying water to an area of land or crops
social hierarchy
Bonus - irrigation
territories and groups of people from different lands under a single rule
empire
Sargon the Great was abandoned by his poor father who sent him down the river in a woven reed basket.
false
What was known as the first ever empire of Mesopotamia?
Bonus - Chief God of the Babylonian Gods who also defeated Tiamat AND her tears became the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in the Babylonian creation myth
Akkadian
Bonus - Marduk/Tiamat (1 correct 200 points, 2 correct 400 points)
Why did the Sumerians originally use cuneiform?
They used cuneiform to keep business records.
type of government where a single king or queen rules a civilization
monarchy
worship of many gods
Bonus - fertile soil found along the river banks in Mesopotamia
polytheism
Bonus - silt
Hammurabi’s Code of Laws favored everyone in Babylonian society.
Which leader founded the largest empire in the Fertile Crescent during ancient history?
Sargon the Great
Many kings in Mesopotamia claimed that their authority over their people came from which source?
gods