Mesopotamia
Sumerian City-States
Mesopotamian Achievements
Daily Life in Sumer
The First Empires
100
What does the word Mesopotamia mean?
the land between two rivers
100
What includes a walled city and the land around it?
city- state
100
What do you call a new way of doing things?
innovation
100
Name something that might often be located in or take place in the area around a ziggurat.
trading centers; government; religion
100
After the Sumerians were conquered, which empire replaced their civilization?
Akkadian
200
Between which two rivers is Mesopotamia located?
Tigris and Euphrates
200
Name an aspect of Sumerian culture shared by all the independent city-states.
language; religious practices; writing system; buildings; arts/crafts;
200
How did Mesopotamians improve plows?
attached funnels to them for seeds; made them stronger with bronze tips
200
What is the oldest known record of ancient laws?
Ur-Nammu's monument
200
Which empire took hold after the Akkadians were conquiered?
Babylonian
300
Name an example of Mesopotamian irrigation innovations.
canals; dikes; dams; levees
300
What kind of governing system is ruled by a king or queen?
monarchy
300
Name an example of Sumerian innovations in measurement.
iku for measuring land; quarts for weight and volume; division of time into hours/minutes/seconds based on number 60; 360 day calendar
300
Give an example of a member of the highest social class in Sumer.
the king and his family; nobles; priests; military leaders
300
Which emperor made a code of laws that consisted of 282 laws designed to protect the weak from the strong?
Hammurabi
400
What culture first formed in southern Mesopotamia around 5000 B.C.?
Ubaid culture
400
What was the Sumerians' belief in many gods called?
polythiesm
400
What was the importance of the ziggurat for Sumerians?
shrine for special gods; grew in size as cities gained wealth and power
400
What is another name for the gods that Sumerians worshipped?
deities
400
Which empire took control of all of Mesopotamia, present-day Turkey, Egypt, and the Persian Gulf?
Assyrian
500
Name any one of the first villages to emerge as a Sumerian city.
Eridu, Uruk, Kish, Ur
500
Name something that Leonard Woolley discovered in the ruins of Ur.
remains of Ubaid village; evidence of floods; Royal Cemetery of Ur (tombs); weapons; jewelry; temples
500
Why were scribes important in Sumer?
they were the ones who recorded things for others; most others didn't know how to write cuneiform
500
What is an example of a specific surplus good traded by Sumerians?
wheat, barley, metal tools
500
Which Assyrian emperor is believed to have built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
Nebuchadnezzar
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