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Sumer life
100
His laws were seen as cruel by some and fair by others.
Who is: Hammurabi
100
What was the value of a slaves eye under the code of Hammurabi?
What is: 1/2 Mina or gold coin.
100
These people buy and sell goods and live on the edge of the city.
Who are: Merchants
100
The Sumerians observed the moon cycles and developed the...
What is: Calendar
100
People in Sumer usually became slaves because of these two reasons.
What is; Captured in war or they were criminals.
200
If you have cities, art, religion, class divisions, organized government, and writing; you've got?
What is: Civilization
200
What was the goal of Hammurabi's code?
What is: To bring righteousness to the land
200
These people have no rights and live on the edge of the city. Their fate is always in someone else's hands.
Who are: Slaves
200
The Sumerians got sick of carrying everything around so they invented the.....
What is: Wagon wheel
200
Only rich boys could be scribes, why?
What is: They had the time and resources to afford the long and complex schooling. Girls were not educated in Mesopotamian society.
300
I use a stylus to create wedge shaped letters in clay tablets. What language am I writing?
What is: Cuneiform
300
If you are given a law from Hammurabi's code that deals with farming, what are its limitations in getting an accurate picture of Mesopotamian life?
What is: It does not tell us what life was like for people in the cities or people who did not earn a living from farming.
300
I collect taxes from the people of Babylon. I use these taxes to clean the streets and build ziggurats. Who am I?
What is: A government official
300
Planting seeds by hand is hard work, so we developed the....
What is: Plow
300
What could a scribe become later in life?
What is: A judge or political leader.
400
These two bodies of water drain into the Persian gulf.
What is: Tigris and Euphrates River
400
According to the code of Hammurabi, Babylonian society was structured around what?
What is: Class
400
I am the only one allowed to go to the top of the Ziggurat?
What is: A priest
400
Because we used the rivers to trade, we invented the....
What is: Sailboat
400
What was the holiest place in Mesopotamian society?
What is: The Ziggurat
500
We are always at war because we have different languages, cultures, and money systems. We all want the glory.
What is: City-States
500
If you were a "lazy farmer" in Mesopotamia, what would happen to you?
What is: You would be forced to provide grain to the owner of the farm or monetary damages. You would also be required to replant the field.
500
I do all the same work as slaves, except, I get paid. Who am I?
What is: An unskilled worker
500
I need to measure my fields so I can split them up among tenant farmers. What Sumerian innovations should I use?
What is: Geometry
500
Why did the Sumerians believe they needed the gods?
What is: To help them in their farming efforts.
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