Inventions
Traits
Fertile Crescent
*Sigh* Government
Social Hierarchy
100
This invention was used to move crops, people, and even in war!
The Wheel
100
A large number of people living together, like Ur or Uruk!
Cities
100
What are rivers made of....
Water.....
100
Government was designed as a way to make what?
Decisions
100
What was one responsibility of farmers?
Agriculture
Maintaining irrigation canals
200
This invention was used to move water to fields so farming could happen during droughts
Irrigation
200
Everyone's getting good at something! These different jobs help make a civilization work effectively
Specialization
200
You might think a flooding river is bad, but when the flooding waters of the Tigris and Euphrates went back down, what did they leave on the land that made it fertile?
Silt
200
As if being a king isn't enough, kings were also considered WHAT by the people of their city
a god
200
What is one responsibility of enslaved people?
To do all the hardest jobs for no pay
300
This invention was used to keep track of information such as crops, laws, and stories
Cuneiform
300
Whether it is the king, a group decision, or the leader of the army this is how Mesopotamian city-states made decisions
Government
300
Without the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers Mesopotamia never would have thrived like it did!
But which river is to the north?
The Tigris River
300
Mesopotamia had many independent mini-countries with independent kings. What were these called?
City States
300
What is one responsibility of the King?
To make laws and punishments
To make the gods happy (he was a god)
To lead the army
400
This animal was not invented and maybe wasn't domesticated! But it did protect crops after being harvested
The cat
400
When reading The Code of Hammurabi you may notice some people get harsher punishments for the same crime!
This is because of... what?
Social Hierarchy
400
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers are at the center of Mesopotamia, but what Fertile Crescent river goes through the region of Egypt?
The Nile
400
If a city-state becomes powerful enough to conquer (take over) many other cities, they may become an...
Empire
400
What is one responsibility of the Government Workers?
Keeping track of crops, materials, and people.
Advising the King
Making sure roads, walls, canals, farms were in good shape.
Collecting taxes
500
This invention was used to store crops after harvest
Granary
500
Without this there would be no specialization
Food Surplus
500
The Fertile Crescent was home to Mesopotamia, but what civilization was located in the south of Mesopotamia (It's where most of the inventions we've studied came from)
Sumer
500
At the center of every Mesopotamian city was the stepped pyramid temple. What was it called?
Ziggurat
500
What is one responsibility of the priests/priestesses in Mesopotamia?
Communicating with gods, hosting religious festivals, making gods happy, advising the king, living in the Ziggurat