True or false:
The FERTILE CRESCENT lies between The Nile, and the Red Sea.
FALSE
It lies between The Tigris and The Euphrates.True or false:
A city state is an independant city that has no power.
False
A city sate is a self-governing city that also governs surrounding villages.
What were TWO ways the wheel was used?
1.War Chariots
2.Farm Carts
True or false:
Monotheism is the belief in MANY Gods.
FALSE
Define what a plateau is.
An area of elavated flatland.
De-code!
1.buarimahm
2.Ylbalno
3.hsieplyoth
4.sepomitmaamo
1. Hammurabi
2.Babylon
3.Polytheism
4.Mesopotamia
Name the 4 countries that make up MESOPOTAMIA.
Iraq
Syria
Lebanon
Israel
What was the year of Mesopotamia's end?
1000 B.C.
When were schools built in Sumer to teach writing in Ur?
3000 B.C.
What is a Ziggurat?
A large building with a temple on its peak.
Who created the code of laws?
2.Hammurabi 2.Hatsheput
Hammurabi
Which civilization invented the wheel?
Mesopotamia
When was Mesopotamia first settled?
4000 B.C.
Why did Hammurabi write his Code of Laws?
[So] that the strong may not [abuse] the weak, to give justice to the orphan and the widow, I have inscribed my precious words....
In other words, Hammurabi wanted the people to be treated fairly, and if they do treat each other harshly, they will have to pay the price.
EX: If a Freeman has put out the eye of another Freeman, they shall put out his eye.
True or False
Iran and Turkey were two of the four countries that made up Mesopotamia?
FALSE