Daily Life
Mesopotamia was located in the modern day country of __?
What is Syria, Iraq, Turkey, Jordan?
The 3 kinds of people located at the top of the class structure.
What are kings/queens, priests, and warriors?
A writing system developed by the Sumerians that used wedge shaped marks
What is cuneiform?
These people taught the young girls how to manage the households.
Who are mothers/women?
The people located in middle class.
Who are merchants, fisherman, artisans, and farmers?
How many characters are in cuneiform?
What is 500?
People who are taken from their civilizations after battle.
Who are prisoners of war, or the enslaved?
The Sumerians were the first to use me; I helped them develop the cart and wooden plow.
What is the wheel?
The Sumerians created a place-value system based on which number?
What is 60?
The major event that shifted from hunting and gathering to farming, allowing civilizations to arise in Mesopotamia c. 7000 BC.
What is the Agricultural Revolution?
People who kept track of every day life in Mesopotamia.
Who are Scribes?
The area where the most valuable people and buildings in each city-state were placed.
What is the center of the city-state?