Mesopotamia
a group of people living and working together to create an organized society
Civilization
Popular sumerian drink
Beer
The belief in many gods
polytheism
A family of languages that include Latin, Greek, German, Spanish, English, French, and Hittite
Indo-European Languages.
A raised mound marking the site of an ancient city
Tell
A king who wrote his laws in stone
Hammurabi.
Where were the Hittites from?
The kingdom of Hatti / Anatolia.
A story about an angry, lonely king who becomes friends with a wild man sent from the gods.
Epic of Gilgamesh
Fish, rich topsoil, clay for building and reeds to make boats
benefits of a water source
Bringing water to fields through man-made methods
Irrigation.
The people of Sumer thought that floods and natural disasters were signs of what?
Angry Gods
. By the fifteenth century, Babylon had regained its strength under the rule of…
a. Mursili b. Kassite kings
c. Farsi kings d. Mittani
What are the names of one of the rivers Mesopotamia is between
Tigris and Euphrates
What types of people would be found in the highest level of Mesopotamian society?
Kings
Taming and using animals as livestock.
domestication
The largest building in most Sumerian cities was a huge mud brick temple called?
ziggurat
Mesopotamian writing system
cuneiform
A unit used to measure valuables
Shekel
What do we call the Near East now? In modern times?
The Middle East
The destroyers of Babylon did all of the following EXCEPT…
a. take the city’s gold and silver
b. enslave the city’s people
c. rule the city after its defeat
d. take the city’s cult statues
Which natural resource gave Alashiya its political power?
a. clay b. gold
c. lumber d. copper
King who wrote the first laws on clay tablets.
King Shulgi
The king of the Hatti empire. He destroyed Babylonia and was murdered by his sister's husband.
King Mursili
Which of these was the first Mesopotamian Civilization?A. Babylon B. Sumer
C. Akkad D. Assyria
Sumer.
What brought the International Age to an end?
a. Invasion by Hittites b. Natural disasters
c. Invasion by Sea Peoples d. worldwide pandemic