Mesopotamia
Why is Mesopotamia called "the land between 2 rivers"?
because it is located between 2 rivers
the Sumerians invented a lot of things...can you tell me ONE thing they invented?
wheels, sailboat, identification system, superhero Gilgamesh, plows, first writing system Cuneiform
who was the ruler of Babylon?
Hammurabi
What did people often do on the roofs of their house?
sleep and cook
when they covered the streets with clay, what happened to the streets?
they got higher
Mesopotamia is located between 2 rivers. The Euphrates and the......?
Tigris
What was the writing system the Sumerians invented called?
Cuneiform
When he became ruler of Babylon what did he want to do?
control all of Mesopotamia
Their homes were made out of sun-dried.....
bricks
what did they use in battle?
chariots
what 2 rivers is Mesopotamia located between?
Euphrates and Tigris
What is Cuneiform?
writing system
What was the "Code of Hammurabi"?
book of 300 laws
what is a City-State?
Hanging Gardens
What is a Ziggurat?
A temple
Sargon’s soldiers defeated all of Sumer, making him the first person to have an empire. An empire is when one person is in charge of a bunch of different places.
Q: What did Sargon do?
became the first person to have an empire
took over Sumer
What book did Hammurabi write?
Code of Hammurabi
What did people use the streets for?
garbage
The Pheonicians became experts at doing what?
sailing
What is Mesopotamia called? The land....
what is today?
Monday November 26, 2018
The laws in the Code of Hammurabi were... nice? mean? fair?
violent
what did they do when the garbage became too high?
covered it with clay
what Phoenician town became the most powerful and famous?
Carthage