Geography
What is the area alike around a river?
Fertile soil, rich farming land
What crops did farmers grow?
Wheat , barley and other crops
What is a city-state?
Independently governed region that centers around a prominent city.
What invention did they create to move things?
wheel
What is silt?
Rich, fertile soil
What are the two major rivers in Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
What did the people of Mesopotamia build to stop the river from overflowing?
levees
Who was in charge of the city-state?
King
What was their writing system called
cuneiform
What is a ziggurat?
Temple in Mesopotamia
What current day country was Mesopotamia located?
Iraq
What is a food surplus?
More food than needed
What group of people invented the first civilization?
Sumerians
What two tools did they use to write?
stylus and clay tablets
Who was Hammurabi?
Babylonian King
What was the large arc of fertile land called that stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf?
Fertile Crescent
What effect did a food surplus have on Mesopotamia?
People could specialize in other fields of work
What usually surrounded city-states?
a wall
What was the name for professional writers in Mesopotamia?
Scribes
What do you call a large, pillar like stone like the one Hammurabi's Code was inscribed on?
a stele
What does Mesopotamia mean?
Land between the rivers
What system did the people of Mesopotamia creates to tame the river?
Irrigation system
Name the social classes in Mesopotamia
King, priests, priestesses, artisans, merchants, scribes, farmers, skilled workers, slaves
Who invented the first written code of laws and what was it called?
Hammurabi
Code of Hammurabi
How did trade impact cultures in Mesopotamia?
Spreading of ideas and exchanging cultures & traditions between different city-states as they made contact through trade.