Geography
The land between the two rivers (Euphrates and Tigris)
What is Mesopotamia?
Form of government with a single ruler, usually a king or queen.
What is a monarchy?
Belief in the existence of more then one god.
What is polytheism?
Mesopotamians created the first writing system called?
What is Cuneiform?
The word ziggurat means what?
What is "To rise high"?
They wrote using clay tablets for “paper” and ________ for “pencils.”
What are styluses?
People who are skilled in pottery, metal work, and craftswork
What is artisan?
Mesopotamia is now part of what country ___________?
What is Iraq?
A political division where a city controls itself and the surrounding area. It is completely independent.
What is a city-state?
Important people in the social pyramid in ancient society that were able to communicate with the gods.
Who are priests?
Without the Mesopotamian invention of the ______, we may not have cars, bicycles, or even trains.
What is the Wheel?
These people did NOT destroy what the Chaldeans had accomplished.
Who is the Persians?
The continent Mesopotamia is located on.
What is Asia?
What is 3000 BC?
The building where the ancient Sumerians went to worship and where the priests worked.
What is ziggurat?
Name 3 Inventions made by the Sumerians.
What is the wheel, cart, chariot, sailboat, plow, potter's wheel, bronze, the place-value system, tables for division/multiplication, the 60-minute hour, the 360-degree circle, and the 12 month calendar?
This man rebuilt Babylon and made it the largest and richest city in the world.
Who is King Nebuchadnezzar?
Which two factors influenced where people settled?
Drinking water
ability to grow crops
Name two people that belong in each social class.
Upper Class- Priests and Kings
Middle Class- Merchants, Traders, Farmers, Artisans
Lower Class- Enslaved people
In the early days, these people ruled the city-states
What is priest?
Name 2 scientific advancements made by the Chaldeans.
What is sun-dial, mapped the stars & planets, and followed a 7-day week?
Why is Mesopotamia called the "cradle of civilization?"