Mesopotamia Geography
The land of Ancient Mesopotamia is between what two rivers?
Tigris & Euphrates River
What was built in Ancient Mesopotamia to honor gods?
The Ziggurats
What achievement do we still use today?
Invention of the wheel.
The way a civilization is organized?
Social structure
What is a Ziggurat?
a temple where Sumerians believed gods and goddesses ruled the city.
What is this area of land called?
Fertile Crescent
What did the Ancient Mesopotamians believe in?
Polytheism
What agricultural achievements did the Mesopotamians create?
Cultivation of soil, irrigation, domesticating
Who makes up the Upper Class of Ancient Mesopotamia?
who are kings and priests
What is a nomad?
a wanderer
What is the name of the modern day country?
Iraq
In Ancient Mesopotamia, what does Polytheism mean?
The belief in multiple gods
What was one of the world's oldest laws called?
Hammurabi's code
Who makes up the Middle Class of Ancient Mesopotamia
who are craftspeople, merchants, and traders
What was the fertile crescent?
an area of land in the Middle East located around the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
What does Mesopotamia mean?
Land between two rivers.
The ______ are a part of the social structure of Mesopotamia?
Priest
What written language did Ancient Mesopotamians Create?
Cuneiform
Who makes up the Lower Class of Ancient Mesopotamia?
what are farmers, laborers, and enslaved people
What is polytheistic?
worshipping multiple gods or deities.
What allowed the Sumerians to grow crops?
Irrigation Systems (canals)
Who's duty was it to build and maintain the ziggurats?
King
Cuneiform is based on an earlier, simpler form of writing that used _______?
Pictographs
What were the 3 classes of Mesopotamia?
what is upper/middle/lower classes
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
a strict and harsh set of laws in Ancient Mesopotamia
The Sumerian economy was based on______.
Farming
What become important later to the Sumerian Economy?
Trade and industry.
What supplies did the Sumerians use?
Stone, wood, mud, clay, reeds, rivers, soil and crops.
Name the members of each class in order from upper to lower. Hint: There are 8-9.
Upper: Kings/Royals, Priests, Officials
Middle: Farmers, Fisherman, Craftsmen
Lower: Farmers & slaves
What is cuneiform?
wedge-shaped writing on clay tablets.