Vocabulary
City-State
Hammurabi’s Code
Mesopotamia Vocabulary
Grab Bag - Mix
100
What connects two wheels?
An axle
100
Today, Mesopotamia is called
Iraq
100
Why did Hammurabi have to write down laws?
Hammurabi wrote down laws so that everyone knew what the laws were.
100
religious buildings in Ancient Mesopotamia.
Ziggurat:
100
can die (people)
Mortal:
200
Were scribes rich or poor?
Rich and powerful!
200
What was in the center of the city?
In the center of the city was ziggurats, the king, and the powerful people.
200
What does “eye for an eye” mean?
An eye for an eye means a more serious crime will have a more serious punishment. A smaller crime will have a smaller punishment. The punishment should fit the crime!
200
cities that had their own kings.
City-state:
200
the first laws
Hammurabi’s Code:
300
can’t die (gods)
Immortal:
300
What was outside the city?
Outside the city there were farms that gave the city food.
300
How did life change after the invention of the wheel and axle?
Life changed after the invention of the wheel and axle because people could carry things in chariots and move further.
300
people whose job it was to write.
Scribe:
300
Mesopotamia and Egypt, where there was healthy soil for crops and the first cities
Fertile Crescent:
400
What did scribes mostly write about?
Taxes, money and buying and selling!
400
Why did the city get built near the river?
They built the city near the river so they could have water for crops and for themselves.
400
What is one other law in Hammurabi’s code?
--If you hit someone who is higher in rank, you get whipped 60 times --If a building collapses, the builder is killed. --If you steal, your hand is cut off. --If you steal something during a fire, you are thrown into the fire. --If you don’t farm your fields, they are given to someone else.
400
Ancient Mesopotamian writing.
Cuneiform:
400
cuneiform
What language is written?
500
cloth
Textiles:
500
Why was there a wall around the city?
There was a wall around the city so the city was protected from thieves and attackers.
500
Why did people bury their family with valuable objects?
They buried their families with valuable objects because they believed the dead person’s spirit would use the objects in their afterlife. They wanted them to have a good afterlife!
500
what women pay a man to get married.
Dowry:
500
There was not much wood, so they couldn’t make paper. There was a lot of clay to write on.
Why did the Mesopotamians write in clay and not on paper?
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