Mesopotamia Geography
The land of Ancient Mesopotamia between these two rivers?
Tigris & Euphrates River
What was built in Ancient Mesopotamia to honor gods?
The Ziggurats
What was a major achievement of the Summerians??
- what is Cuneiform
- the plow, irrigation system. arch, wheel
Why did separate city-states develop in Mesopotamia?
Farmers fought over water rights because the cities were separated by long stretches of desert.
What job is in charge of supplying food for the city-state?
what are farmers
A state of opposition, competition, war, disputes over land, invasions.
What is conflict
What current day country is located where Mesopotamia was?
what is Iraq
What is someone called when they go to school to learn to write and become record keepers?
what is a scribe
What was a major achievement of the Akkadians?
- what is the World's first Empire
-what is sculpting steles
-(what is military formations)
Who created the oldest code of law?
who was Hammurabi, king of the Babylonian empire
What did Mesopotamians trade for?
what is building materials, food, and other goods.
Why were there so much conflict in Mesopotamia?
they fought over the very fertile land, as the land was between two rivers. Water was LIFE.
What bodies of water is Ancient Mesopotamia Between other than the rivers?
What is The Persian Gulf and Mediterranean Sea
It influenced every part of Sumerian life
what is Religion
What was a major achievement of the Babylonians?
- what is Hammurabi's Code
-what is the first trading center
What is a major difference between a civilization and an empire?
- Each city-states had their own government and laws.
- An empire has one government.
What job involved weaving baskets and creating pottery?
what is artisans
How did the geographic challenges and conflict lead to the rise of city-states in Mesopotamia?
The learned to cooperate with each other, which led to larger communities.
(Fields were either too wet or too dry. They had to develop an irrigation system. Fighting over water).
What made the Fertile Crescent an ideal region to live in?
Rivers flooded to created very fertile soil.
Land between two rivers
What is Mesopotamia
What was a major achievement of the Assyrians?
-What is the battering ram, moving towers, new iron weapons
-What is siege warfare
-What is the library, aqueducts, bas-reliefs (Realism style sculpting)
A common problem that all four major empires experience?
What is difficulty controlling such a large area of land?
What was the purpose of developing Cuneiform?
it was a way to keep track of the kingdoms wealth, to keep records.
The Mesopotamians developed better weapons because
The empires were getting bigger and were too difficult to control. They needed better protection.
Why did the Zagros Mts no longer serve as a good location?
The population increased and there wasn't enough food to feed everyone.
In Ancient Mesopotamia, What does Polytheism Mean?
what is Believed in Multiple Gods
What was a major achievement of the Neo-Babylonians?
-what is the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
-what is the sun-dial
-what is building moats, building protective walls.
Why was Hammurabi's Code important? (Need all)
- It was the first time laws were written down.
-Applied to everyone
-Laws were FAIR, but NOT EQUAL
What were the 3 classes of Mesopotamia? (Social Structure)
what is upper/middle/lower classes
How did conflict influence the Sumerians?
They built walled cities and moats because there was so much fighting over land.