Everyday Life
The average people in Mesopotamia had what job?
What is agriculture?
In the Summer, what was the average temperature of Mesopotamia?
What is 110 degrees Fahrenheit?
What was the first city in Mesopotamia?
What is Eridu?
The Assyrians did not make pottery or statues. What did they make?
What are murals and paintings of their battles?
Most buildings in Mesopotamia were made from what material?
What is brick?
Describe the clothing women wore in Mesopotamia.
Women wore long dresses and often a piece of jewelry along with it.
Mesopotamia means "amidst two rivers," what two rivers were in the Mesopotamia Region?
What is the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
How many laws does the Code of Hammurabi have?
What is 282 laws?
List three different instruments used in Mesopotamia.
What is (drums, flutes, lyres, trumpets, and pipes)?
List three things that the Mesopotamian's invented.
What is (the wheel, the sailboat, the chariot, the plow, the map, the first form of writing, agriculture, mathematics etc)?
Describe the clothing men wore in Mesopotamia.
Men wore kilt-like skirts in Mesopotamia.
Mesopotamia was located in a area called the Fertile Crescent. Now, why is it called the Fertile Crescent?
Because of the fertile soil created by the presence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
Who is thought to be history's first author?
Who is Enheduanna?
The Sumerians' pottery was so good, they used it for what?
What is a form of money?
Besides agriculture, Mesopotamian commoners had many jobs, name 3.
What is (brick making, carters, carpenters, fishermen, soldiers, tradesmen, bakers, stone carvers, potters, and leather workers etc)?
Most families in ancient Mesopotamia owned what?
What is a slave?
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers stretch between what two countries?
What is Kuwait and Iraq?
The people in Babylon were divided into 4 different classes. Name them all.
What is the priests, the upper class, the lower class, and slaves.
List the three main forms of artwork.
What is pottery, cylinder seals, and jewelry?
What form of architecture was used when building the temples of the king?
What are Ziggurats?
What was the most common meal eaten in Mesopotamia?
What is bread and beer?
What 7 countries are where Mesopotamia once was?
What is Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey.
Who was the first king in Mesopotamia?
Who is Alulim?
Wealthy Mesopotamian's often enjoyed what popular event?
What are festivals?
Mesopotamian's used math in their everyday lives. Today, our base number is 10. Now, what was their base number?
What is 60?