About Mesopotamia
What time period of Mesopotamia?
8000 BC - 539 BC
What does an Eye for an Eye mean?
ex: if you punch me in the face, i'll punch you in the face.
what was writing called back then?
Cuneiform
What was between the Euphrates river and the Tigris river the fertile crescent?:
Mesopotamia
What is Ms Katz favorite colour
red
Who was the king of Mesopotamia
King Hammurabi
What happens when a son hits their own father?
What happens when a son hits their own father?:
when was writing invented?
5,000 years ago
what did they make from mathematics
60 minutes in an hours and 360 degrees in a circle.
What is Ms Katz favorite number
4
What happened to Mesopotamia?
It collapse
what happens if a builder doesn't do a good job on building a house and collapses on the owner.
if the builder builds a house and the house collapses and kills the owner of the house, the builder shall be put to death. If the house collapses and kills the owner's son, then the son of the builder shall be put to death
how many symbols were in cuneiform writing?
600-1000 symbols
Why was king Hammurabi king?
Because the Gods chose him
what ms Katz fvorite food
french fries
what two rivers are on either side of Mesopotamia
Euphrates and Tigris.
that person shall be put to death.
who wrote in cuneiform? And who was it created by?
Scribes. Sumerians
to grow crops, taxes and for them to work
what is ms katz biggest phobia
throw up
How did Mesopotamia collapse?
The collapse was caused in part by destruction of the fields by mineral salts.
What happens when another person accuses someone else for a crime?
The person accused jumps into the river and if they drown the were not innocent and the person who accused them takes their house,but if the person doesn’t drown they are innocent and the person who made the accusation is sentenced to death and the person accused gets that person’s house.
what did the scribes use to write in cuneiform?
Calamuses
who was in the elite?
High priests, Army commanders an rich merchants
what modern city Mesopotamia today
Iraq