Geography
The rivers would flood
The belief or worship in more than one god
Polytheism
The name of the written language developed in Mesopotamia
Cuneiform
the name of an independent kingdom/city and the surrounding land
City-state
The study of physical features of the Earth and its atmosphere.
Geography
What did Mesopotamia literally translate to
"the land between rivers"
The belief in or worship of only one god
Monotheism
What was the invention that allowed farmers to keep track of what times of the year the floods were and when to grow crops
Calendar
Kings/Priests/gods
the customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group.
Culture
What are the names of the two rivers in Mesopotamia?
Tigris, Euphrates
The name of the god-king that was said to fight monsters and search for immortality after the death of his best friend.
Gilgamesh
This was the invention that improved farming, transportation, and trade.
The Wheel
The group that was at the bottom of the social pyramid in Mesopotamia
Farmers, Enslaved People
What geographic feature (physical feature of the land) did most early civilizations settle next to?
Rivers
Fertile Crescent
What were the buildings that Mesopotamians believed the gods lived in the cities?
Ziggurats
The first written law system placed throughout the Babylonian Empire with over 282 different laws.
Code of Hammurabi
Mesopotamians believed that each city-state had what protecting it.
a god
the remains, tools, art, buildings, stories, and written documents that can provide information about ancient people and their lives.
Artifact
The different things that Mesopotamians would build to help control the floods.
Ditches, Levies, Canals, and Irrigation
The name of Gilgamesh's best friend in "The Epic of Gilgamesh"
Enkidu
The concept that everyone is treated the same no matter who are or where you are from.
The rule of law
The name of the most well-known empire in Mesopotamian history (hint: Hammurabi was the king of this empire)
Babylon
The 4 regions that humans first migrated too
Fertile Crescent (Mesopotamia), Egypt, India, China