Geographic Factors
This is the way that the Fertile Crescent got its name
What is fertile soil and crescent (half-moon) shape?
This is the belief in many gods
What is Polytheism?
This was the lowest class in Sumerian society
What are slaves?
What is the wheel and sail?
He was the first to create an Empire
Who is Sargon of Akkad?
These are the two rivers running through Mesopotamia
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
These were the members of the top class in Sumerian society
Who are Kings, landholders, priests, and wealthy merchants?
This helped Sumerians build city walls and buildings
What is arithmetic?
This is what weakened Sumerian City-States
What is constant war?
What is silt?
This is the name of the buildings that Sumerians worshiped their gods in
What is a Ziggurat?
This is a way that some people paid off their debts
What is selling their children into slavery?
Sumerians were some of the first people to use this
What is bronze?
These are the people who invaded Mesopotamia around 2,000 B.C.
Who are the Amorites?
This factor could make farming very difficult
What is unpredictable flooding?
This is the reason Sumerians believed that they were there for their gods
What is to be their servants?
These are four jobs that Sumerian women were now allowed to do
What is working as a farmer, merchant, artisan, and joining the priesthood?
This building invention helped to increase support for buildings
What are columns?
This is how Hammurabi spread his code throughout the Empire
What is carving on stone tablets and placing them around the Empire?
These are the three seas surrounding Mesopotamia
What are the Persian Gulf, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Red Sea?
These are the seven main gods in Sumerian culture
Who are Enlil, Enki, Inanna, Nanna, An, Utu, and Ninhursag?
This is something that upper-class women were able to do
What is learning to read and write?
This is the first form of writing
What is cuneiform?
This is what Hammurabi's code usually applied
What is "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth"?