Early Humans
Early humans were ___________, which means they lived by hunting small animals and gathering plants.
Hunter-gatherers.
What two rivers does Mesopotamia sit between?
Tigris and Euphrates
What water system did Mesopotamians create to water their crops?
Irrigation canals.
What empire did Hammurabi build?
The Babylonian empire.
Who was responsible for agriculture? (Growing and distributing food)
Farmers
People who moved from place to place are called...
Nomads
What is fine, fertile soil called? Where can it be found?
Silt. It can be found in the Fertile Crescent.
What are the five inventions of Mesopotamia?
The wheel, sail, writing, time, and mathematics.
What caused the fall of the Akkadian empire?
Rebellions and invasions.
What was Hammurabi's role?
Hammurabi was a king/he was king of Babylonia.
What are groups of people that occupy different ranks or levels in society?
Social classes
What is an independent state that includes a city and its surrounding territory called?
City-state
Where did people worship their gods? What word means that people worship more than one God?
They worshipped in Ziggurats. Polytheism.
Who's law code was Hammurabi's more detailed than?
Ur-Nammu's law code.
Who did Hammurabi send to rule distant cities?
Governors, tax collectors, and judges.
What is a complex society that has cities, a well-organized government, and workers with specialized job skills called?
Civilization
What two large bodies of water are by the Fertile Crescent?
The Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea.
What did farmers develop to attach to their plows?
A seed funnel.
How do societies preserve order?
Rules/laws.
Artists from __________ were known for their stone and bronze sculptures.
Babylonia
The study of how human beings behave, how they act together, where they come from, and what makes one group different from another?
Anthropology
What region is the Fertile Crescent in? What present day country was Mesopotamia in?
The Fertile Crescent is in the Middle East and Mesopotamia is in present day Iraq.
What was cuneiform originally used for?
It was originally used to record sales, taxes, and agreements.
What did both Akkadians and Sumerians have in common?
Religious practices and they both used the cuneiform system of writing.
A group of people who gathered together to make decisions or laws.
Assembly