Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia called the what?
cradle of civilization
How many gods did Mesopotamians believe in?
many gods
Hammurabi wrote the first what?
laws
What are the rivers that Mesopotamia is between?
Tigris and Euphrates
What is a group of people living and working in the same area?
community
Mesopotamia is between two rivers?
Tigris and Euphrates
Mesopotamia had a wedge shape writing what was it called?
Cuneiform
Hammurabi wrote these laws so his people would be what?
good
How many rivers in Mesopotamia between?
2 rivers
What does respect mean?
kind and courteous behavior
Name two important cities to Mesopotamia?
UR and Babylon
Mesopotamia has two imporatnt cities. What were there name?
Babylon and UR
Who wrote the first set of laws?
Hammurabi
What two rivers surround Mesopotamia?
The Tigris and Euphrates
A story of people who lived before us is called what?
history
Mesopotamians believed in how many gods?
many
Mesopotamia had temples called what?
Ziggurats
What did Hammurabi write so his people would be good?
Code of Hammurabi /laws
The Tigris and Euphrates surround what?
Mesopotamia
The first civilization began where?
Asia and Africa
What is the wedge shape wrritng called used in Mesopotamia?
Cuneiform
Mesopotamia had the first written story about who?
Gilgamesh
Hammurabi created the first written what for Babylon?
laws
The Tigris and The Euphrates are what _________ that surround Mesopotamia?
rivers
* When an idea is passed on. Its called a what?
tradition