Vocabulary
Mesopotamia
Sumerians
Rulers
Places
100
Wedge-shaped Sumerian writing system
Cuneiform
100
Where is modern day Mesopotamia?
Iraq
100
What was cuneiform used for?
Keeping business records
100
Who was the ruler of Babylon and for how long did he rule?
Hammurabi - over 40 years
100
The Fertile Crescent was a curved area from the Mediterranean Sea to the ______________.
Persian Gulf
200
Sumerian temple with many levels
Ziggurat
200
What does "Mesopotamia" mean
Land between the two rivers.
200
When did Sumerians settle in Mesopotamia?
About 3500 B.C. - 3000 B.C.
200
Which ruler created the Hanging Gardens, and what was the purpose of it?
King Nebuchadnezzar - for his homesick wife.
200
The rivers that provided fertile soil for Mesopotamia.
Tigris and Euphrates river.
300
Main city of Hammurabi's empire
Babylon
300
Why was Mesopotamia called the "cradle of civilization"?
earliest known civilization developed there
300
In what ways do you think your school is similar or different from the schools of Sumeria?
Women couldn't go to school, only men. Wealthier at school.
300
How did Sargon I create the world's first empire?
He conquered city-states and united them.
300
The ancient city by the Euphrates River that is now Baghdad, Iraq.
Babylon
400
Period of power
Reign
400
List in order the 4 empires of Mesopotamia
Sumerian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Persian
400
What types of people were included in the middle class of Sumerian society?
Artisans and shopkeepers
400
What did Hammurabi create to make sure there was justice among his people, and how were punishments carried out?
Code of Hammurabi – harsher to wealthier, innocent until proven guilty, death, thrown into river
400
In what part of the world do we find Sumer....use at least three terms or phrases to name this part of the world.
Mesopotamia, the Middle East and The Fertile Crescent.
500
A town and its surrounding lands
City-state
500
Name 4 contributions that were made by ancient peoples of Mesopotamia.
Inventions, cuneiform, code of law, mathematics, time system, base of 60, irrigation system, etc.
500
Give 2 ways in which the Sumerians controled their environment?
Construct levees, built canals, irrigated crops, used mud to make brick.
500
Give 3 changes that did Hammurabi made during his ruling.
Government based housing, code of law, Sumerian gods to have Babylonian names, one god above others, improved irrigation system, raise taxes.
500
Name 3 modern-day countries that are located in Mesopotamia.
Iraq, Syria, Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, Saudi Arabia
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