Vocabulary
System of writing that uses triangular-shaped symbols to stand for ideas or things
cuneiform
The Tigris and Euphrates River
Mesopotamian's are now using this type of tool.
What are metal tools?
What was the first empire called?
Akkadian
Hammurabi was the king of...
Supply water to crops
irrigate
Name 4 of the 8 features of civilization
What are advanced cities, public works, writing, religion, government, division of labor, 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
A temple to honor the gods and goddesses.
What is a ziggurat?
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
The first piece of literature (epic poem) in Mesopotamia.
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
Ur, Uruk, Ninevah are all examples of this
What are Mesopotamian city-states.
What is polytheism?
The belief in more than one god
What are two things that scribes wrote about?
to keep track of what a person owned/traded for records and for tax collection.
Name 3 inventions of the Mesopotamians
wheel, sail, plow
At the top of Mesopotamian Society were ______ and then ______
kings, priests
Which city-state was Sargon the king of?
Kish
A wide, flat plain in present-day Iraq is called...
Mesopotamia
What is an eye for an eye?
Who created the very first empire?
Sargon
What is silt?
In Babylonia, life revolved around _______
farming/agriculture