The Middle East
Africa, Asia, Europe
What are the three continents the Middle East covers?
Farming
Belief in something beyond humans and science, especially a God or gods
What is religion?
Gilgamesh
What was the first superhero invented by Mesopotamians?
King Hammurabi
Who was the person to invent laws that controlled a nation?
This is what we call a group of nations that all have something in common.
What is a region?
Tigris & Euphrates
The way people talk to each other or how information is shared.
What is language?
Royal Game of Ur
What was the most popular game of Mesopotamia and our classroom?
Ziggurat
What was a Mesopotamian temple?
Religion (Islam) and Arabic (language)
What are the two things Middle Eastern nations have in common that make them a region?
Taming wild plants and animals to grow on farms
What is "domestication"?
A culture's stories, songs, movies, television, paintings, music, and so on.
What are arts and literature?
Calendars
What are things we use today that were designed by ancient Mesopotamian astronomers?
Cuneiform
What was the first system of writing?
The first human civilization
When one person in a society focuses on just on ONE job, allowing small societies to grow into big civilizations
What is division of labor?
The ways people get what they need by exchanging money or items.
What is economics?
She gets sold into slavery and the money goes to the injured.
What happens if someone builds a bridge and it breaks under Hammurabi's Code?
Their hands get cut off.
What happens if a child pushes their parent under Hammurabi's Code?
Iraq
In which modern-day nation would we have found the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia?
"Between two rivers"
The word "Mesopotamia" is Greek. What does it mean in English?
A culture's holidays, foods, games, rites of passage, superstitions, and secret handshakes
What are customs and traditions?
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
What is one of the "Seven Wonders of the World"?
60-second minutes and 60-minute hours
What are two things we still use today that were created by Mesopotamian mathematicians?