Geography
What best describes the geographic location of Mesopotamia?
A plain region between two rivers
The belief in may Gods is called?
Polytheism
What invention was the
first concept of personal
transportation.
The Chariot
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a _____________."
Tooth
An independent state complete with its own government and traditions is called?
City-States
What is the name of the civilization that developed in Mesopotamia?
Sumerian Civilization
This is a mud-brick temple for worshipping the gods?
Ziggurat
Cuneiform
Hammurabi was from the city-state of ______________.
Babylon
Most trade was done through?
Barter
What were the two rivers that surrounded Mesopotamia?
The Tigris and the Euphrates
Each city had their own?
God the worshiped
What metal did Sumerians mix with copper to create bronze?
Tin
Who were the cities primary lawmaker and judge?
The kings.
Trade Improved with the invention of this?
The wheel
The first major civilization in Mesopotamia was:
Sumer
Ancient Structure built for the Goddess Ishtar
The Gate of Ishtar
Sumerian farmers developed a
_____ that could attach to their
plows.
Seed Funnel
Who made the first written Code of Law?
Ur-Nammu
When viewing an hierarchy who would rule below the King?
The Priest
Mesopotamia is located in an area now called?
Iraq
Who developed the 12 month calendar?
Sumerians
Akkadian leader who established the world's first empire
Sargon