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Heavy goods such as grain and timber
What goods would have been transported by water?
The land between the rivers
What does Mesopotamia mean?
Iraq
What country is Mesopotamia in?
Worshiping more than one god.
What is polytheism?
Food productions (surplas food)
What factor is important in the success of a civilization?
Jewelry
What did Mesopotamians make out of gold?
The southwest part of Mesopotamia.
Where was Sumer located?
" a tooth for a tooth"
What quotation demonstrates the principle " An eye for an eye"
contained a fertile river valley.
What did Mesopotamia have in common with other civilizations?
Calendars helped improve agriculture by showing when floods would arrive, helping farmers plant crops better.
How diid calendars contribute to the growth of Mesopotamia?
The wheel.
What Mesopotamian invention had a big impact on travel and trade?
Farmers and Slaves
What social class has the least amount of power?
helped water crops and increased farming
What did irrigation systems do?
The gods.
Who did the Mesopotamians believe the power of the king came from?
The land was rich and Mesopotamia had a lot of access to trade routes.
Why was mesopotamia a target for invasion?
Rule of law
what is the legal principle that states that all rules should apply to everyone?
So that everyone would be aware of the law and their rights
Why did Hammurabi have copies of his code posted around Babylon?
Men have all political and social power.
What is a patriarchal society?
Ziggurats honnered the gods
Why did kings bulid ziggurats?
Falling into debt, becoming criminals, and by becoming prisoners.
How can mesopotamians become enslaved?
The epic of gilgamesh
What is the name of the earliest piece of written literature that still survives today?
Bringing rich, fertile silt and soil to the land.
How did the Mesopotamians benefit from the floods?
Greece, Egypt, India
Where did traders trade?
Women were not taught to read or write.
Why was it uncommon for women to work as scribes?
The invention of paved roads surface?
What development made overland ravel easier?