Mesopotamia Geography
The land of Ancient Mesopotamia between these two rivers?
Tigris & Euphrates River
What was built in Ancient Mesopotamia to worship their gods?
The Ziggurats
What transportation technology were the Mesopotamians the first to invent?
The wheel or the Chariot
City-States were ruled by who?
Kings
What were jobs in Ancient Mesopotamia?
farmers, fishers, merchants, traders, artisans, hunters, gatherers...
The Epic of Gilgamesh is an example of which characteristic of civilization?
Arts and Architecture (Literature)
What was the land called when it was able to produce good crops?
what is fertile
What did the Ancient Mesopotamians believe in?
Many Gods (polytheism)
What agricultural achievements did the Mesopotamians create?
cultivation of soil, irrigation, invention of the plow
What were the areas of ancient Sumer divided into?
city-states
In order to trade the Phoenicians helped create a common language by developing this.
Hammurabi was a king with an important set of laws. This is an example of which enduring issue.
Power
(anything else you must make a defense)
What does the word "Mesopotamia" mean in Greek?
The land between the rivers
In Ancient Mesopotamia, What does Polytheism Mean?
Believed in Multiple Gods
Mesopotamians divided an hour into
60 minutes
When a group of people has similar incomes and backgrounds.
what is social class
How did people get items that they didn't have in their own villages?
trading/bartering
What was Hammurabi known for?
The code of hammurabi, first written laws
What is it called when you bring water to your crops through waterways and ditches?
irrigation
Where did priests live in mesopotamia?
In the Ziggurats
Why did the Mesopotamians need to build walls around their villages?
Who was the city-states primary law-maker and judge?
The King
What did Scribes go to school for in Ancient Mesopotamia?
To learn to write / government officials
What is an empire?
An area ruled by one person
Which present-day country makes up most of Mesopotamia? Iran, Israel, Egypt, or Iraq
Iraq
What aspects did Gods control of Ancient Mesopotamian's lives?
ALL aspects
What written language did Ancient Mesopotamians Create?
what is Cuneiform
This Babylonian King created a set of laws for all citizens to follow.
Hammurabi
What is someone called when they go to school to learn to write and become government officials?
Scribes
The development of city-states with a capital is an example of which characteristic of civilization?
Cities