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What was it called when men controlled public and private affairs?
Patriarchal Society
What is polytheism?
The belief in many gods
What is a ziggurat?
an ancient religious structure that resembles a pyramid
Where was the ancient city-state of Sumer located?
Between the Tigris and Euphrates river
What is a primary source? What is a secondary source?
P= a first hand account of an event
S= account about the event that was created later by someone who didn't experience it
Slaves became slaves by owing debt or being prisoners of war
Why did a ziggurat have steps leading down to the city state?
So the gods could come down to earth
What goods were transported by water?
Wood and timber
Which social group has the most people in it? What had the least? This social pyramid
Farmers and Slaves
Kings
What is the rule of law? Who created a new set of laws?
Same set of rules that everyone should follow
Hammurabi
What was a problem Mesopotamians faced when it came to their crops? How did they fix it?
Flooding, irrigation
What was the Mesopotamians alphabet called? What was the job of a writer called? Why was their job so important?
Cuneiform, scribe,
They kept detailed records
What was the importance of calendars in Ancient Mesopotamia? What did this calendar center on that was different from ours today?
It helped them to avoid floods and successfully grow crops.
Their calendar centered on the moon, ours centers on the earth traveling around the sun
Talk about the importance of the innovation of the metal seeder plow
helped farmers to plant faster and grow more. Increased trade
The military was unable to protect so big of a kingdom
Where did traders go to trade goods?
Traders went to Egypt and India to trade goods
The Epic of Gilgamesh
What is the Fertile Crescent? What is a silt?
a region in the Middle East, world’s earliest known culture began here about 10,000 years ago
small particles of sediment and soil that are easily carried in water, often in rivers
What role do you think was most important in Mesopotamia society? Why? Think pyramid.
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Name a way Mesopotamia is similar to our society now. Name a way it is different.
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