Vocab
What is silt?
Silt is particles that were left after the flood that made the soil fertile.
Why did farmers trade?
What made up the middle class?
The middle class is made from merchants, fishers, farmers, and artisans.
The word Mesopotamia means...
The land between two rivers.
What is the name of the oldest story?
The Epic of Gilgamesh
What does polythesim mean?
It means to believe in more than one god.
A system with supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes or streams.
What made up the lower class?
The people that were enslaved were the lowest class. They came from war. Criminals and people who couldn't pay their debts became enslaved.
What was most everything in a Mesopotamian city-state built out of?
Mud bricks
What was at the top of the ziggurat?
What is a surplus?
When there is extra of something.
What did farmers use surpluses for?
They stored them for later use.
What does "an eye for an eye" mean?
Their job was to run the home, teach the daughters to do the same, and some women owned busnesses.
What was the city-state surrounded by?
A thick wall
What is cuneiform?
a type of writing invented by the Sumerians
Why is a ziggurat important?
It was the most important building in the city-state. It was built to honor the city-state's most important God.
Who built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
Nebuchadnezzar
If a man did not take care of his dam and it flooded his neighbor's field of crops, would he be fined or sold into slavery?
Sold into slavery
When and where did the first civilizations develop?
They developed in 3000 B.C and they developed in Mesapotamia.
Who created the world's first empire?
Sargon
Epic means...
A long poem that tells the story of a hero.
Where did the earliest people settle?
Near rivers
What made up the upper class?
The upper class was made from kings, priests, warriors, and goverment officals.
What is Mesapotamia often called?
The cradle of civilization..
What are the names of the two rivers?
Tigris and Eupharates.