Writing
What is the name given to Mesopotamian writing and what does the name mean?
Cuneiform - wedge shaped writing
This Mesopotamian invention was used for transportation and pottery making
wheel
The basic building materials for the Mesopotamians were
mud bricks
The Mesopotamians used an Asu and an Ashipu to practice this type of healing science
medicine
The Code of Hammurabi was placed in this part of a city - open to the public or in a religious temple or ziggurat
open to the public
What is the name of the round "piggy bank" type ball that was used to keep track of trade?
a bulla
This Mesopotamian invention is still used by us for telling time
base 60 in math
A very expensive blue stone was sometimes used to decorate important buildings
Lapis Lazuli
The Mesopotamians invented this to entertain the King of Ur
The Royal Game of Ur
In order to make sure that no one changed the law it was written down on this
stone
How did the bulla lead to the invention of writing?
They made marks on the outside of the bulla to remember what tokens were inside the bulla. They figured out that they could just use the marks to keep track of trade. They standardized the marks and they became written language.
This Mesopotamian invention is still used by us for carrying thing (usually in a garden or construction site). It has one wheel
wheelbarrow
The tar that the Mesopotamians used was called
bitumen
The Mesopotamians invented this transportation device that was often used for war
chariot
The basic idea of the legal code was that the punishment fit the crime this is also called
eye for an eye
How do we know so much about the Mesopotamians?
We can read some of their writing and they kept good records!
This Mesopotamian invention allows for farmers to plow and seed their fields at the same time
a seeder plow
By combining tin and copper, the Mesopotamians made this metal that was sometimes used for ornamentation but usually used for weapons
bronze
The Mesopotamians invented this to make sure that their crops had enough water
irrigation
The Code of Hammurabi was given to Hammurabi by this god of justice
Shamash
What is the title of the first story ever written down?
Gilgamesh
This Mesopotamian invention allowed them to carry trading products against the current of the rivers?
a sailboat
Some Mesopotamian city-states had these, large temples.
Ziggurats
The Mesopotamians invented this to keep order through justice, in their empires
legal codes (Code of Hammurabi)
If you want to see a replica of the Code, go to ______ museum and if you want to see the actual Code go to ________museum
OI - Louvre