Vocabulary
System of writing that uses triangular-shaped symbols to stand for ideas or things
cuneiform
Mesopotamia is located in modern day...
Iraq
Where did farming begin? (which civilization)
Mesopotamia
What was the first empire called?
Akkadian
Hammurabi was the king of...
Supply water to crops
irrigate
Name 2 of the 8 features of civilization
cities, public works, writing, religion, government, job specialization, art/architecture, social classes
What was King Hammurabi most well-known for?
His strict laws (Hammurabi's Code)
Mesopotamia lies between which 2 rivers?
Tigris and Euphrates
Why was it easy to grow food in Mesopotamia?
Because of the fertile soil
What is a ziggurat?
pyramid-shaped brick temples
What is the Greek translation of the word "Mesopotamia"?
land between the rivers
A set of laws that governed life in the Babylonian Empire was called...
Hammurabi's Code
Who were the first ones in Mesopotamia to have iron weapons?
The Assyrians
Which age came right after the Neolithic Age?
Bronze Age
What is polytheism?
The belief in more than one god
What was the main reason that the Sumerians invented writing?
to keep track of what a person owned and for trade records
Name 3 inventions of the Mesopotamians
wheel, sail, plow
At the top of Mesopotamian Society were ______ and then ______
priests, kings
Which city-state was Sargon the king of?
Kish
A wide, flat plain in present-day Iraq is called...
Mesopotamia
What are two other ways to say Mesopotamia?
Fertile Crescent and The Cradle of Civilization
Who created the very first empire?
Sargon
Which 2 subjects did the Sumerians study?
Astronomy and geometry
In Babylonia, life revolved around _______
farming/agriculture