If Mesopotamia was still around today, it would be in this country.
What is Iraq?
100
How a Mesopotamian Man divorced his wife.
What is saying "You are not my Wife!"
200
A wedge shaped Sumerian writing system.
What is cuneiform?
200
Legendary Hero of Sumerian culture.
Who is Gilgamesh?
200
Lead City-State of Sumer.
What is Ur?
200
The two rivers around Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?
200
Give 3 rights that Mesopotamian women had.
1. Buy and Sell Property
2. Run a Business
3. Own and Sell Slaves
300
An organized system of laws.
What is a Code?
300
Is best known for his written code of laws.
Who is Hammurabi?
300
Where a temple that was home to the city's chief god was located.
What is the center of a Sumerian City-State?
300
How did the Sumerian change their physical environment?
The Sumerians learned to control the floods on the rivers with levees.
300
Why was Mesopotamia called "The Cradle of Civilization"?
The first known civilization was developed there.
400
A Sumerian temple.
What is a Ziggurat?
400
Groups of people in the Sumerian Middle Class.
What are artisans and shopkeepers?
400
Chief city of Hammurabi's empire.
What is Babylon?
400
The body of water that the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers emptied into.
What is The Persian Gulf?
400
The year that historians think the Sumerians settled in Mesopotamia.
What is 3500 B.C.
500
What Sargon I created when he conquered the city-states.
What is an empire?
500
Person who is skilled in writing.
What is a scribe?
500
Person who eventually conquered the city-states of Sumer.
Who is Sargon I?
500
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Why was Mesopotamia called "The Fertile Crescent"?
The area where the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers met created a crescent shaped area of land that was perfect for farming.
500
What are 3 contributions from Mesopotamia that we still use today?
Writing
Wheel
Plow
Sailboats
Math (number system based on 60, 60 minute hour, 60 Second Minute, 360 degree circle)
Calendar
Clock that ran on controlled drips of water