Geography
The Land Between the Rivers
What does Mesopotamia mean?
The word for belief in one god
Cuneiform
What is the written language of Mesopotamia?
The Mesopotamian king famous for his "eye for an eye" justice system
Who is King Hammurabi?
A system by which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to power
What is a hierarchy?
Tigris and Euphrates
Which rivers is Mesopotamia located between?
The invention that allowed people to travel long distances and carry heavy loads
What is the wheel?
What is surplus?
Seen as gods on earth, responsible for creating laws
Who were the kings?
The fertile soil left behind when a river floods
What is silt?
The temples where you worshiped in Mesopotamia
What are ziggurats?
The term for a system of canals that carried water to crops
What is irrigation?
An economic system that allows you to trade for what you need
What is barter?
Believed to have relationships with the gods
Who were the priests?
Transportation and irrigation for crops
What are two benefits to living along a river?
Sun, rain, fertility and harvest
Who are the gods worshipped in Mesopotamia?
The Mesopotamian advancement that carried wastewater underground
What are sewers?
Workers were able to specialize in a task
What is division of labor?
People who went to special school to write
Fertile Crescent
What is the name for the geographic region where Mesopotamia is found?
A belief system that acts as a set of rules for how to live
What is religion?
The term for the shift from hunting/gathering to growing your own food
What is the Agricultural Revolution?
An urban center with countryside, the size of which was determined by military strength
What is a city-state?
Primarily prisoners of war who worked in fields
Who were slaves?