Everyday life
what was the most conman job in Mesopotamia?
farming was the most conman job. in all the cities.
where do the Mesopotamian's live?
they live between the Tigris and the Euphrates river.
what form of government did they have in Mesopotamia?
they had a king and a queen so it it was a monarchy.
what was the most conman art material?
clay. they used clay lot like in pottery, monumental building, and tablets to record there history and legends.
what does the word Mesopotamia mean?
it means the land between two rivers
what was the weather like in Mesopotamia?
they had hot dry summers and short cool winters.
were are the Euphrates and the Tigris rivers located?
they are located in western Africa and flow through Syria and Iraq.
what was the first code book called in Mesopotamia?
(aka the first code book ever - ish)
the Hammurabi's code.
what kind of art did they make?
they made sculptures, jewelry, musical instruments, chairs and weapons.
where there other languages for the different cities?
there are Babylonian, Sumerian, and Assyrian and all together they are sometimes called Akkadian.
what was the living situation like?
some evidence suggests that intelligent women acted in all the roles that men did, although fewer women then men but there were no laws stating that women couldn't work or go to school Mesopotamia.
true or false: Mesopotamia only has 5 cities.
false. Mesopotamia has 7 cities.
what was the first city created in Mesopotamia?
it was Uruk about 3200 B.C.
did the Mesopotamian's have festivals?
what was the Mesopotamian language?
the language was called Akkadian a mix of Babylonian and Sumerian.
how did the weather affect Mesopotamia?
well the heat affected the amount of water that came out of the sky making it hard do function so the engineers had to work extra hard to keep the water through the summer.
what kind of animals lived in Mesopotamia?
Lions, Leopards, wild cattle, boar, deer, gazelle, ostrich,vultures and eagles. they all lived in Mesopotamia jungles.
name the first 5 rulers of Akkad.
1. Sargon
2. Rimush
3. Manishtusu
4. Narman - sin
5. shar - kali - sharli
what culture is there art from?
there art comes from the bronze age culture of Sumerian, Akkadian, and Babylonian.
what did they use for paper an pencil type things?
they used skinny tablets of clay and small sticks
in Mesopotamia there are different classes regarding the people and were they lived. what were those classes?
there is:
1. kings and nobility
2. priest and priestesses
3. upper class
4. lower class
and 5. slaves
why did Mesopotamia get so little rain?
because living between 2 rivers made it very humid.
how many rulers ruled Mesopotamia over the years they existed?
there were 70 all together.
what kept the Mesopotamian entertained when they weren't working?
they enjoyed music festivals including drums, lyres, flutes and harps.they also liked some sports such as boxing and wrestling and the last thing that was entertaining was some board games like dice.
what culture did the word Mesopotamia come from?
it came from the Greek language.