Location
Modern country location of Mesopotamia
Iraq
King responsible for first written law
Hammurabi
Belief in one god.
monotheism
This math concept helped the Mesopotamian's keep track of seconds in the hour, hours in the day, and days in their 360 day year.
based on a 60 number system
This was invented to help get the fields ready for planting.
plow
Greek word for "land between two rivers".
Mesopotamia
This king was made famous through an epic poem written about his life.
Gilgamesh
Belief in many gods.
polytheism
Name the 2 major rivers in Mesopotamia
the Tigris and Euphrates
Citizens pay these to the government in return for protection and services that make the lives of the people better.
taxes
Built as temples to worship the gods
ziggurats
This invention helped the people move their goods to market.
the wheel
The Hanging Gardens used a watering system called what?
irrigation system
The Mesopotamian civilization developed in a region known as this.
The Fertile Crescent
A professional writer in the ancient world.
scribe
He was initially very upset because he discovered that he was a mortal.
Gilgamesh
This is the name for the wedge shaped writing of Mesopotamia.
cuneiform
Agriculture allowed people to gather and live permanently causing this first to develop.
civilization
Merchants traveled in groups called what?
caravans
Body of water that the Tigris and Euphrates both flow into.
Persian Gulf
The term used to describe a city with an independent government.
city-state
A worker skilled in making something like jewelry or pots
artisan
Term that refers to extra goods that can be bought and sold.
surplus
What Seven World Wonder is found in Babylon?
The Hanging Gardens