Geography
These are the two rivers Mesopatamia was located between.
What are the Tigris River and Euphrates River?
Which empire created the worlds first set of laws?
Babylon Empire
Today cities are developed by highways. In the past, cities/empires were developed by_________
rivers
What were ziggurats used for?
It was usually used as a religious temple for prayer or offerings.
Name one of the bodies of water that surround Mesopotamia (not rivers).
The Persian Gulf or Mediterranean Sea.
Which empire invented the wheel?
Sumerian Empire
Today people vote for a leader. In the past, _________ picks the ruler or king.
War/Power
Name at least THREE inventions from the Sumerian Empire.
Answers vary (sailboat, writing, literature, laws, wheel, plow, etc.).
This is the combination of tiny rocks and soil that helped create fertile land for crops.
What is silt?
Which empire created an agricultural society and created a surplus of food?
Sumerian Empire
What is a ziggurat?
A pyramid-shaped temple.
___________ were the second lowest class.
Farmers and laborers.
Who was on the top of the Social Hierarchy?
Kings and Queens (Monarchs)
BONUS!!!!!!!!!!!!
List the Social Hierarchy used within the Sumerian empire in order of highest to lowest.
(Gods)
Kings and Queens
Priests
Merchants, Skilled Craftspeople, Traders
Laborers and Farmers
Enslaved People
Sargon was the leader of this empire.
Akkadian Empire
What is Social Hierarchy?
A system that divides people into classes based on job of your family.
After a surplus was reached, civilization had time to tend to other things, such as arts and architecture. Provide TWO examples of arts and architecture of this time period.
Answers vary (jewelry, pottery, architecture, etc.)
BONUS!!!!!!!!!
Put the empires of Mesopotamia in order:
Babylonian Empire
Sumerian Empire
Akkadian Empire
Assyrian Empire
BONUS!!!!!!!
Sumerian Empire
Akkadian Empire
Babylonian Empire
Assyrian Empire
These are the human-made waterways built to supply water to farmland.
What are canals?
The last great empire in Ancient Mesopotamia?
The Assyrian Empire
What is an empire?
A group of cities or territories controlled by the same leader.
There are two types of government leaders we have read about. Name at least one.
Monarch (empire, king) or Council of Elders.
Who was on the bottom of the Social Hierarchy?
Enslaved people.