Geography
This is the name of "The Land Between Rivers"
Mesopotamia
The first farming groups in Mesopotamia relied on this yearly event of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, for good soil
flooding
Look at the Standard of Ur. How do we know that the Mesopotamians had surplus food?
There is a feast on the peace panel
What is a city-state?
A city and its surrounding farmlands - it is an independent nation
The people of Mesopotamia (all of the empires too) had this type of religious belief (many gods)
polytheism
These are the two rivers that supported civilization in Mesopotamia
Tigris and Euphrates
In order to make sure that their crops were not washed away by yearly flooding, the Sumerians invented this to keep track of time and dates
calendar
Look at the Standard of Ur. How do we know that that the people of Ur had a government?
There is a king
Who ran the city-states first?
Priests
The goddess of love and war was
Ishtar
Mesopotamia was located in modern day ______
Iraq
Mesopotamia is a hot dry desert, in order to grow surplus food in this environment the Sumerians invented this
an irrigation system
Look at the Standard of Ur War Panel. How do we know that Ur had specialization of labor?
There are different types of soldiers.
With whom did the priest eventually begin to share power?
Kings
The Mesopotamians had many powerful and minor gods or just a few powerful gods?
Many powerful and minor gods
Mesopotamia was located near which Tropic?
Cancer
what two tools did the Mesopotamians use to prepare their fields for farming
harrow and plow
Look at the Standard of Ur Peace Panel. How do we know that the people of Ur had social structure?
Servants and musicians are entertaining the King
How were Kings chosen?
They were probably powerful military generals
After Kings became rulers, what jobs did the priests keep for themselves? (2 specific jobs)
Serving the gods and controlling irrigation
To continue to grow their crops in rich soil, the first Mesopotamian city-states were located near this part of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
the delta
Once they had surplus food, what four other characteristics of a civilization emerged?
social structure, government, culture and labor specialization
Audio Daily Double! Sing the Civilization song - all three verses
sing together
How did the Kings maintain their power?
They convinced the people that they were chosen by the gods
The father god of Mesopotamia was
Anu