Religion
A _______ was built as a temple dedicated to the main god of the city.
Ziggurat
What are the three social classes?
Upper class, Middle Class, and Lower class
What is a wall built along a river to prevent floods?
Levees
What is a city and the surrounding area that is also an independent nation with its own army, currency, and laws.
City-State
What is a Stele?
A round curve stone
What was at the top of the temple?
A shrine
I live in a one story house and I help provide food for my civilization, who am I?
A Farmer
Civilizations depend on farming which created a __________ of food.
Surplus
Ensi
Who created the Hammurabi Code?
King Hammurabi
What were Mesopotamians religious beliefs?
They believed that the gods owned everything.
My family and I live in a two story house close by the King and I am the only other person who can go enter a Ziggurat, who am I?
A Priest
What is a system of writing?
Cuneiform
Taxes were paid in what kind of form?
Sheep and bags of grain
From the Sun God Shamash
How did they worship their gods?
By praying everyday and creating statues that continued to pray.
At a young age I went to tablet school to learn how to read and write, who am I?
A Scribe
Nineveh
The head of the household paid taxes called?
Burdens
What phrase is Hammurabi's code famous for?
"eye for an eye"
Mesopotamians were _______________ meaning they believed in more than one god or goddesses.
Polytheistic
The innovation of farming created jobs.
Who was the first civilization in Mesopotamia?
The Sumerians
In Mesopotamia, taxes were collected in each city-state to maintain what?
Why was Hammurabi's code important to the people of Babylon?
Created a fair system