Numbers
The number of cuneiform symbols
What is 600
They studied the stars and planets
What is an astronomer
Sumerian writing
Cuneiform
The most important subjects in Mesopotamian schools
Writing and spelling
He was a great leader in Mesopotamia and responsible for a law code
What is Hammurabi
The number of city-states in Mesopotamia
What is 12
They directed worship and governed the cities
What are priests
What houses were made of in Mesopotamia
Bricks
Only the upper class of them got an education
What are boys
The Mesopotamians invented the wheel, arch and what else?
What is a plow
The number of ziggurats in each city-state
What is 1
They were unpaid professionals that settled cases in Mesopotamia
Judges
The belief in more than one God
What is polytheism?
They were written when items were bought or sold and sealed in clay envelopes
What are contracts
The word Mesopotamia means what?
What is land between the rivers
The number of social classes in Mesopotamia
What is 3
They taught school
What are priests
Massive step-like towers in the center of each city-state
What is a ziggurat
They were members of the highest class along with priests and government officials
What are nobles
The two rivers that surround Mesopotamia are
What are the Tigris and Eurphrates
Merchants and Artists were in which social class in Mesopotamia?
What is 2
They could not be taxed
What are orphans and widows
They knew all of the cuneiform symbols in order to write for government officials
What are scribes
Today Mesopotamia is the country of...
What is Iraq
The name of the Mesopotamian afterlife
What is the Netherworld