Geography/laws
Fertile land shaped like a crescent
Fertile Crescent
They used this to transport people and goods
Wheel
the gods of the sun, moon etc are called the
nature gods
land between the rivers
Mesopotamia
When people had not invented farming
Old stone age
the first civilization
Mesopotamia
they used this to control the flow of water
where people went to pray
ziggorat
If before Mesopotamia was the Stone age, what was Mesopotamia
The Metal Age
about how many years has it been civilization
6,000 years about
A king who invented his own code of law
Hammurabi
A form of writing they invented
Cuneiform
Which layer of the Ziggorat was the god on
Top layer
When did The first civilization begin
C. 4,000 B.C.E.
What else could people do besides plant crops to help in the New stone age
Domesticate animals.
true or false: Hammurabi's laws were not harsh at all.
false
This was the turning point in human existence
Neolithic Revolution or Agriculture revolution
The people who worked at the Ziggorats' were known as
priests
was there ever a king of all of Mesopotamia.
No
Did people domesticate lions and tigers
no
This is what happened if a child lay a hand on his father
he would get his hands cut off
people invented fire in the
old stone age
What is a city state
a self governing city
Ziggorat, gods, and praying are all forms of
the arts
what did people write on cave walls
cave paintings