Mesopotamia Geography
Mesopotamia Religion
Mesopotamia Government
Mesopotamia Social Structure
Mesopotamia Vocab
Mesopotamia RANDOM
100
The land of Ancient Mesopotamia is located between these two rivers?
Tigris & Euphrates River
100
How many Sumerian gods were there?
Two
100
City-States were ruled by who?
what are Kings
100
What did the people at the top of the pyramid have?
what is the most power, status, and wealth
100
half man, half god
demigod
100
Sumerians made offerings to appease the gods and influence nature. What does appease mean?
Make happy
200
What current day country is located where Mesopotamia was?
what is Iraq and Kuwait
200
In Ancient Mesopotamia, What does Polytheism Mean?
Believed in Multiple Gods
200
What are self-governed cities called?
city-states
200
Who makes up the Upper Class(top half) of Ancient Mesopotamia?
kings, priests, and government officials
200
What is Sumer?
the earliest known civilization found in Mesopotamia
200
Name three civilizations that existed in Mesopotamia
-Sumer
-Babylon
-Assyria
300
What is the name for the region of rich farmland around Mesopotamia called?
what is Fertile Crescent
300
What level of social hierarchy was connected to the gods?
Kings
300
A system of government ruled by a king or queen
monarchy
300
Who makes up the bottom of the pyramid?
what are enslaved people (slaves)
300
A system for watering crops
irrigation
300
What year did Hammurabi claim the throne of Babylon?
1792 BC
400
Name at least 3 bodies of water around Ancient Mesopotamia other than the rivers?
The Persian Gulf, Mediterranean Sea, and the Caspian Sea
400
Name the god of Air
Enlil
400
When a group of people has similar incomes and backgrounds, they are part of the same _____.
what is social class
400
Commoners, scribes, and soldiers can be found where on the social class pyramid?
In the middle
400
What is Hammurabi's Code?
A Babylonian collection of 282 laws inscribed in stone. One of the earliest written legal codes.
400
What happened after Hammurabi passed away?
invasions or attacks began
500
What body of water do the Tigris and Euphrates rivers flow into?
The Persian Gulf
500
How do we know that religion was important to Sumerian society?
-religion is found in many artifacts
-kings were chosen by gods
-religion influenced law
-ziggurats were built as temples to worship
500
Who created the oldest code of law?
who was Hammurabi, king of the Babylonian empire
500
What is someone called when they go to school to learn to write and become record keepers?
Scribes
500
An epic poem that tells the stories of a King....King who?
Gilgamesh. The Epic of Gilgamesh.
500
What writing system did Ancient Mesopotamians Create?
what is Cuneiform