Mesopotamia 101
Mestopotamia is known as the "cradle of ____________.
The knickname for Mesopotamia which also contains the name of a shape.
What is the fertile crescent.
Mesopotamians often worshipped in buildings known as...
What are ziggurats.
Sumerians were often credited with what 2 inventions that helped create a larger food supply.
What is the plow and irrigation.
A group of states or territories governed by one ruler.
What is an empire.
The trade between different city-states would fall under which GRAPES theme?
What is economics.
These crops was the main staple of the food supply in Mesopotamia.
What is wheat and barley.
Mesopotamians were often polytheistic meaning
What is they worshipped more than one god.
This invention allowed people to travel across large bodies of water to conduct trade and gather needed resources.
What is the sailboat.
The first empire to appear in Mesopotamia.
What category of laws in Hammurabi's code helped workers?
What are minimum wage laws.
The names of the two main rivers in Mesopotamia?
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
Which Mesopotamian leader claimed to have received a law code directly from the hands of a god?
Who is Hammurabi.
Mesopotamian writing was known as
What is cuneiform.
This empire's leader was known for his law code.
What is the Babylonian empire.
Government leadership and law codes would fall under which GRAPES theme?
What is politics.
What are the names of the two main mountain ranges in Mesopotamia?
What are the Zagros and Taurus Mountains.
The people of Sumer thought that floods and natural disasters were signs of
What is the Gods being angry with them and punishing them.
This achievement allowed for more advanced military equipment and lead to more deadly wars.
What is bronze.
This empire was known for its extreme and brutal military tactics and cruel treatment of the peoples they conquered.
What is the Assyrian empire.
What came before Mesopotamia?
What are early humans (hunters and gatherers and early farming communities)
What city was built at the center of the Euphrates river?
What is Babylon.
The group of people living in Mesopotamia that only believed in one god.
Who were the Hebrews.
Speed limits are an example of this Mesopotamian invention.
What are laws.
The last large empire to appear in Mesopotamia.
What is the neo-Babylonian empire.