Mesopotamia Geography
On a modern-day map, where would you find ancient Sumer?
Iraq
What was built in Ancient Mesopotamia to honor gods?
(ancient Sumerian temples)
The Ziggurats
Name some Inventions / Achievements of the Ancient Mesopotamians
(Mesopotamia Achievements)
• Sailboats
• Plow
• Wheel
• Irrigation built levees
• number systems based on 60
• Metal
• Cueniform
• Epic of Gilgamesh
What were jobs in Ancient Mesopotamia?
Mesopotamian Jobs = Farmers, fishers, merchants, traders, artisans
What type of houses did they live in?
The first cities of the ancient Sumer were built along the banks of the Tigris and which other river?
Euphrates
What did the Ancient Mesoptamians Believe in?
• Many Gods (polytheism)
• That Gods controlled all aspects of life
• Priests were powerful and did religious ceremonies
What written language did Ancient Mesopotamians create?
Cuneiform
What was the role of women in Mesopotamian society?
Women from lower class had to take care of children and they helped to crush the grain on the farms
wealthier women could own their own businesses
Mesopotamian civilisations discovered a metal called what?
bronze
What does the word ‘Mesopotamia’ mean?
Mesopotamia means ‘the land between two rivers’.
What were the Sumerian Gods called?
Anunnaki
What does cuneiform mean?
'wedge-shaped'
What is someone called when they go to school to learn to write and become government officials?
Scribes
Name a famous city-state built by the ancient Sumer.
The ancient Sumer built city states including Uruk, Babylon, Eridu, Ur and Nippur.
What was the role of Priests in Ancient Mesopotamia?
(Mesopotamia Religion)
Priests were powerful and did religious ceremonies
The first code of laws was called what?
Code of Hammurabi
What are the three main classes of people in Mesopotamian society?
Nobles, commoners, and slaves
upper class, middle class, lower class