Geography
What is the Greek translation of the word "Mesopotamia"?
land between the rivers
System of writing that uses triangular-shaped symbols to stand for ideas or things
cuneiform
What was King Hammurabi most well-known for?
His strict laws (Hammurabi's Code)
The majority of people worked in this job
Farming
The few Sumerians who learned how to write often held high positions in society as what?
scribes
Mesopotamia was the birth place of which activity
farming/agriculture
Supply water to crops
irrigate
A set of laws that governed life in the Babylonian Empire was called...
Hammurabi's Code
Surplus
Is the ability to grow more than what you need.
A Sumerian farmer was a member of the lower class.
The Tigris and Euphrates River
A temple to honor the gods and goddesses.
What is a ziggurat?
Hammurabi was the king of...
What two things did having a surplus of food creat
1.) More people can be feed
2.) People can now have different jobs other than farming
What type of government did Mesopotamia have?
A Monarchy, in which a king ruled
A civilization that had a wide, flat plain in present-day Iraq is called...
Mesopotamia
What are two things that scribes wrote about?
to keep track of what a person owned/traded for records and for tax collection.
Who extended Mesopotamia into Judea
Nebuchadnezzar
Eventually this was created s that trading became easier and more simple
Money/coins
Sumerian artisans, merchants, farmers, and fishers made up this group.
middle class