Location + Agriculture
What country's name means "between two rivers"?
Mesopotamia
What was the name of writing system created by Mesopotamians?
Cuneiform
Mesopotamia traded with three different areas
H...
C...
Z. M ...
Hittites, Canaanites, Zagros Mountains
Who employed the laws?
The King
Mesopotamians worshipped many
Mesopotamia is located between two rivers.
What is the name of the river that begins with a T?
Tigris
Who could read and write in cuneiform?
Scribes
People living in Mesopotamia were organized according to the W... and P... associated with their jobs
Wealth and Power
One king wanted all ten cities of Mesopotamia to follow the same laws. So he had scribes create a document called
The Code of Hammurabi
T.... served as homes for the gods. People would visit these places to worship and make offerings to the gods.
Temples
Mesopotamia is located between two rivers
What is the name of the river that starts with an E?
Euphrates
Scribes used writing to
keep records of: crops, livestock, trade (products that were sold and bought, and with whom)
Who had the most power?
The king
Hammurabi's laws followed a famous rule
an eye for an eye
Mesopotamians would make offerings to the gods.
What would they offer?
F....
D....
P.....
J.....
Food, drinks, perfume, jewelry
Mesopotamia is considered one of the first .....
Civilizations
the symbols in cuneiform writing represented
sounds and images/pictures
Who had the least amount of power?
Slaves
What invention allowed scribes to write the Code of Hammurabi down?
Cuneiform
One of the gods that was worshipped by Mesopotamians was named....
Gilgamesh
Mesopotamia was dependent on a....
Hint:You needed fertile land for this.
Agriculture
Cuneiform writing was also used to write down L....
Laws
What were the four categories in the social organization?
K
E
F
S
King, Elite, Free people, Slaves
Laws ensured
S...
C...
Stability and Cohesion
Gilgamesh was featured in the story "The Epic of Gilgamesh". What was Gilgamesh on a quest to find?
Immortality