Vocabulary
Religious leader
What do we call a belief in many gods?
What two rivers provided fertile soil in Mesopotamia?
Tigris & Euprhates
"I have a dream"
Martin Luther King Jr.
What is History?
Recorded events of people
What was the 1st written set of laws?
Hammurabi's Code
What was the main cause of war for Sumerian city-states?
Disputes over land and water rights
"It ain't over 'til it's over"
OR
"If there is a fork in the road, take it"
Yogi Berra
What is irrigation?
supplying land with water through a network of canals
Name an important achievement of Mesopotamian transportation
Wheel and axle
Why did early humans create religion?
to explain the unexplainable
“The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself”
FDR during Depression
Ziggurat
temples in Mesopotamia made of terraces one on top of the other
Provide 3 examples of Government in Mesopotamia
city-states with priest-kings, laws based on religious beliefs, collect taxes, welfare states, imperialism & conquest
What were the advantages of having the alphabet?
simpler than cuneiform which meant more people can communicate & don’t have to rely on scribes
“Ask not what your country can do for you; Ask what you can do for your country”
JFK inauguration speech
a group, or class, of people with similar backgrounds, wealth, & ways of living
Provide 3 examples of Mesopotamian social classes and a brief description of each role.
priests, kings, government officials, soldiers & scribes, traders/ merchants, farmers, slaves
Name 5 modern countries in the Middle East.
Lebanon, Israel, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, UAE, Kuwait, Turkey
“Give me Liberty or give me Death!”
Patrick Henry