Geography
Beliefs
Government
Major Achievements
Other
100
What two rivers surround Mesopotamia?
What is the Tigris and Euphrates.
100
Rulers were often closely related with _______?
What is religion.
100
Leader who created a code of laws for daily life.
What is Hammurabi.
100
The mesopotamians used this to transport water to their crops.
What is irrigation.
100
Mesopotamia is considered the birthplace of ________?
What is writing.
200
The area Mesopotamia is in, important for its fertile soil
What is the Fertile crescent.
200
What type of belief system did the Mesopotamians have?
What is poltheistic.
200
Leader who rebulit Babylon as a showplace of architecture and culture.
What is Nebuchadnezzar.
200
The first system of writing.
What is cuneiform.
200
Pyramid-like structure used for worship.
What is a ziggurat.
300
What two modern day countries does the Tigris and Euphrates run through?
What is Iraq and Syria.
300
What was the highest class in Mesopotamia?
What are kings and priests.
300
The Mesopotamians wrote down laws on ________
What is the clay tablet.
300
A type of metal created by the Hitttites.
What is iron.
300
How did leaders come to power in mesopotamia?
What is a hereditary monarchy.
400
What made mesopotamia's land fertile?
What are monsoons, rivers, and streams.
400
What was the lowest class in mesopotamia?
What are slaves.
400
The Sumerians believed that ____ ruled the Earth and Rulers ruled the people.
What are Gods.
400
Used for mesuring days in a year, still used today.
What is a 12 month calendar.
400
The first code of laws created.
What is the Code of Hammurabi.
500
What does Mesopotamia mean? (Re:location)
What is "the land between the rivers"
500
Mesopotamian beliefs were based on _______
What is speculation.
500
Sumer was divided into ________?
What are City States.
500
What was the mesopotamian number system based on?
What is 60.
500
The most important social class in sumer.
What is the scribe.
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