Geography
Mesopotamia is located between
what two rivers?
The Tigris and the Euphrates
Rivers
What is the difference between rural areas
and urban areas?
Rural areas can be described as farmland
or countryside while urban areas are
city – like.
Mesopotamians created the first
writing system. It was a great achievement because it allowed information to be transferred from place to place with accuracy.
This writing
system is called c_____.
cuneiform
The word Mesopotamia means…
“Land between the rivers”
This emperor created the first code of
laws in history.
Hammurabi created the first code
of laws in history.
When the Tigris and the Euphrates
would flood, a fine soil would be left
behind. What is this fine mixture of soil
and tiny rocks called? s_ _ _
What is silt
The Sumerians practiced a belief
in more than one God. What is this
called?
Polytheism
They wrote using clay tablets
for “paper” and ________ for
“pencils.”
Styluses made from reeds from
the riverbanks.
If Hammurabi wrote his code in
approximately 1800 BC, how many
years ago did he write it?
Approximately 3800 years ago.
Iran
Turkey
Syria
Mesopotamia is located in what
larger, arc shaped region of fertile
farmland? The F_____ C_____
The Fertile Crescent
The division of society by rank or
class is called s_____ h_____.
Social Hierarchy
Their writing consisted of
picture symbols, or ________.
Pictographs
A writer from ancient
times is known as a _____.
A scribe
Finish this law :
“If a man put out the eye of another
man, his __________________.”
“eye shall be put out.”
In order to keep cities from flooding,
Mesopotamians learned to use ________,
or the ways of supplying water to land
through the use of canals, ditches, and
reservoirs.
Irrigation
An _________ is a land with
different territories and peoples
under a single ruler.
Empire
Without the Mesopotamian invention
of the ______, we may not have cars,
bicycles, or even trains.
wheels
The Sumerians built large,
pyramid shaped temples in order
to worship their gods. These temples
were called…
Ziggurats
These were probably Sumer’s most
famous works of art. They were
stone cylinders engraved with design that
could be rolled across to leave behind an
imprint. They were mostly used to show
ownership of items.
Cylinder seals
A _____-____ consisted of a city
and all the countryside around
it. They also had their own military,
government, land, name, and laws.
A city-state
What number was the Sumerian number
System based on?
The number 60.
Because of the surplus of food that
came as a result of the invention of
farming, people were able to have jobs
like crafters, government workers, and
religious leaders. This idea is called
____ __ ____.
Division of Labour
Nebuchadnezzar was the king of Chaldeans who ordered the construction of these which are one of the seven wonders of the Ancient World.
Hanging Gardens of Babylon