Geography
Mesopotamia's present-day country
What is Iraq
Another word for agriculture
What is farming
This man had 282 written laws for his kingdom/empire to follow or else!
Who is Hammurabi
created to track business between traders and the first form of writing
What is cuneiform
The area between the Tigirs and the Euphrates river is known as this...
What is the fertile crescent or cradle of civilizations.
A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks
What is silt
This made Mesopotamia good for growing crops?
What is fertile land or water sources?
the largest populations, but had very little rights under the law.
Who were slaves
helped with farming
What is plow
ruler of a kingdom or empire
What is monarch or king
The two rivers that surrounded Mesopotamia
What is the Tigris and Euphrates
more than enough crops/food
What is a surplus
Ruler of the Akkadians and the creator of the first empire.
Who is Sargon
Sumerian control of rivers
What are irrigation canals and levees.
large structure for worship by the priest and home to the gods.
What is a ziggurat
A large arc of fertile, rich farmland
What is the Fertile Crescent
The invention of farming and irrigation helped humans to settle and stop being _______
What is nomadic
ruler of the Babylonians
Who is Hammurabi
simple, but important invention we use everyday.
What is the wheel
created cuneiform
Who are the Sumerians
digging of canals to redirect the waters' flow to help prevent flooding and droughts
What is irrigation
Agriculture led to the development of this because people could now focus on a specialized task instead of farming
What is division of labor or jobs
The only people that could communicate directly with the gods.
Who are priest
seconds in a minute, minutes in an hour
What is math system based on 60
Mesopotamia's were ________, which is the belief in many gods.
What is polytheist/polytheism