Architecture & Cities
What were the two most powerful groups in Mesopotamia?
Kings and Priests
What is Hammurabi's Code?
A law code
What does polytheistic mean?
belief in more than one god
Where was the first ever writing system invented?
Mesopotamia OR Sumer OR Sumerian City-States
What were the two least powerful groups in Mesopotamia?
Laborers and Slaves
What were the two most powerful city-states in Sumer?
Ur & Uruk
What happened if... 1. The gods were happy with you 2. The gods were mad at you
1. Good things 2. Bad things
What was the writing system called?
Cuneiform
What is a city-state?
A city and the nearby farmland that have their own government
Which group took care of the ziggurats and religious ceremonies?
The priests
1. What did the Mesopotamians write on 2. What did they write with?
1. Clay tablets 2. A stylus
What begins to grow when you have a food surplus?
Population OR number of jobs
According to Hammurabi's Code, explain what happens when someone breaks your bone if you are a normal person.
The other person pays you.
What could you do to make the gods happy?
Pray OR bring offerings
What were cylinder seals used for in ancient Mesopotamia?
Signing your name
Who was the first person to ever have an empire?
Sargon
Where did the Mesopotamians believe that the gods lived?
In the ziggurats
1. What was a scribe's job? 2. Which two kinds of people did they usually work for?
1. Writing things down 2. Kings and Priests