Mesepotamian Inventions
Religon
Occupations
Empires
Irrigation and Agriculture
100
The first form of writing invented by the Sumerians.
What is cuneiform
100
A greatly respected person permitted to the Ziggurats who served as a medium between the gods and the people.
What is a priest?
100
A person, maybe trapped during war, forced to work for someone for no cost.
What is a slave?
100
The first empire in the world.
What was the Akkadian empire?
100
The act of supplying water to a certain area making farming more productive.
What is irrigation?
200
A replacement for the digging stick, often pulled by an animal such as an oxen.
What is a plow?
200
They believed that the gods could control the weather, health, and wealth of people.
What did the Sumerians believe?
200
A person who connected different places by exchanging goods and which was at the time a very lucrative job.
What is a trader?
200
A land with different territories and people under a single rule.
What is What was an empire?
200
A man made water-way used to irrigate land.
What is a canal?
300
A relatively late invention used most specifically as a part of various modes of transportation.
What is a wheel?
300
One of the only religions practiced in Mesopotamia for thousands of years.
What is polytheism?
300
A person who tends to crops and is located in the class just before slaves.
What is a farmer?
300
At one point,The ruler of all Mesopotamia who established a set of important rules.
Who was Hammurabi?
300
An excessive supply of food or goods.
What is a surplus?
400
A type of boat that did not have to be rowed in order to move, often used in the art of fishing.
What is a sailboat?
400
The god of the earth.
Who was Ninhursag?
400
An educated person who recorded many important subjects and events.
What is a scribe?
400
The ruler of the Persian empire in 550 BC.
Who is Cyrus the Great?
400
The always changing rain and water supply in Mesopotamia.
What caused irrigation?
500
The mathematical system used in ancient Mesopotamia.
What is base 60?
500
A pyramid shaped temple dedicated to a certain god.
What is a Ziggurat?
500
A person who created an accessory, a status symbol in Mesopotamia, worn by both me and woman.
What is a jeweler?
500
The empire that was taken over by the Babylonians in 1781 BC.
What was the Assyrian empire?
500
The arrangement in which people specialized in particular tasks or jobs.
What was the division of labor?
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