Geography
Nickname for Mesopotamia
What is the land between two rivers?
These were created to govern the people of Babylon.
What is laws.
Artificial waterway for boats or irrigating land.
What is a canal?
These were large religious temples.
What are ziggurats?
DAILY DOUBLE: The two rivers which provided settlers with a reliable water supply & a desirable place to live.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
The king of Babylonia from 1792-1750 B.C.
Who is Hammurabi?
The land between two rivers
What is Mesopotamia?
Mesopotamia "ranked" their people, this was called...
What is a social class?
Farmers used ....... to control their water supply.
What are levees?
Hammurabi's laws were written in and onto what?
What is cuneiform and a 10 foot black pillar?
Supplying with water by artificial means.
What is irrigation?
First written language created by the Sumerians
What is cuneiform?
Plains were important geographical features, name two reasons why.
What is 1. Allowed for cultural diffuision through war and trade 2. Fertile soil 3. Made traveling, trade, and communication easier 4. Allowed for irrigation of crops.
These were the first set of written laws to cover all aspects of society.
What is Hammurabi's Code of Laws?
A rule of conduct or action laid down and enforced by the government.
What is a law?
List three Sumerian achievements
1. Sailboat
2. Cuneiform
3. Chariot
Additional: the plow, the wheel
Rivers were important geographical features, name two reasons why.
What is 1. Rivers allowed for cultural diffusion 2. Made traveling, trade, and communication easier 3. Allowed for irrigation of crops 4. Provided natural resources (water and farmland) necessary for survival.
A person's social class determined their ....
What is punishment?
DAILY DOUBLE: An unwritten agreement within a community which the members most suited perform that occupation.
What is job specialization?
Babylon was a walled city with a network of canals and crops. What made this possible?
What is large ziggurats?