Geography
What is the other name for the area of Mesopotamia?
The Fertile Crescent
What is silt?
Left behind after a flood and is nutrient rich
What was discovered that made tools?
Metal
Who was the first ruler of the first empire?
Sargon the Great
What is the belief in many gods called?
Polytheism
What did the Tigris and Euphrates rivers provide?
A fresh water source
The floods were always good for farming? True or False
False-Sometimes the floods would be destructive and wipe out farms.
The invention of the plow allowed for?
Easier farming
Hammurabi is known for creating what?
Code of Laws
What is the pyramid like building called where the priests would talk to the gods.
Ziggurat
What body of water is north of Mesopotamia?
Mediterranean Sea
What did the farmers make to control the flooding?
Irrigation canals
With the Wheel and Sail they were able to do what?
Trade/sell items farther away
The first story written about a ruler?
Epic of Gilgamesh
The people wanted to please the gods because they believed...?
That the gods were part of all aspects of life everyday.
Cities were cut off from one another due to the geography of Mesopotamia what happened because of this?
They became independent City-States.
Which group of people were used to work on the canals and farming?
Slaves
What was the writing called that they used in Mesopotamia?
Cuneiform
What kind of government did Sargon and Hammurabi use?
Monarchy
The gods would punish you if you angered them? True or False
True
Sargon tried to cross the desert, why did he fail?
No farming in the desert and they could not sustain.
What did the new tool innovations for farming allow?
Food Surpluses
With all the innovations for farming, what did that lead too?
Food Surpluses and New jobs
Who were the only ones allowed to enter a Ziggurat?
Priests
Hammurabi and Sargon believed that they were meant to be rulers because?
They were picked by God's and it was their divine right.