Mesopotamia
Where Is Modern Day Mesopotamia Located
Iraq And Kuwait
That Was The Biggest Problem With Farmers Who Moved To Sumer
Uncontrolled Water Supply
What Is An Example Of One Of The Religious Ceremonies Sumerians Did
Human Sacrificing As An Offering To One The Gods
What Was One Use For The Most Revolutionary Invention Of The Time Period
Using It To Make Wheeled Carts To Transport Goods
What Is A Ziggurat
An Ancient Mesopotanian Temple Tower With Outside Staircases And A Shrine At The Top
What Rivers Flowed through The Fertile Crescent
Tigris And Euphrates
What Were Some Ways Sumerian Farmers Were Able To Control The Supply Of Water (Give At Least Two Examples)
Possible Answers: Irrigation Systems, Levees, Canals, Dams etc.
What Is An Example Of One Of The Revolutionary Invention Sumerians Made That Is Featured In A Game Show
The Wheel
What Was Cuneiform
A Written Language Created By Sumerians That Uses Wedge Shaped Characters
Enlil
What Is The Word Mesopotamia Derived From
"The Land Between The Rivers"
One Problem With Canals Is that They Would Get Clogged With Silt, What Is Silt
Fine Particles Of Rock
What Is One Artifact That Archaeologists Have Found In Ancient Sumer That Is Made of Wood And Decorated With Lapis Lazuli
The Standard of Ur
Waht Would People Use To Drag Their Goods Before The Wheel
Sledges
What Is The Approximate Length Of The Tigris And Euphrates River Combined
1,740-1,900mi
(2,800-3,000km)
When Did The First Cities Made Date Back Too
3500 B.C.E/3500 B.C.
What Is An Invention That Sumerians Created That Is Still Used To This Day For Farming
The Plow
What Century Did Archaeologists Start Finding Artifacts In The Fertile Crescent
Mid-19 Century
What Was Another Technological Advancement That Was Made Above A Doorway
The Arch
What Countries Are Located In The Fertile Crescent
Southern Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Israel, Egypt And Parts Of Turkey And Iraq
What Where The Four Main Problems That People Faced While Trying To Live In Mesopotamia
Food Shortages In The Hills, An Uncontrolled Water Supply On The Plains, Difficulties In Building And Maintaining Systems That Provided Water Across Village Boundaries, Attacks By Neighboring Communities
They Would Plant Holes In The Earth With Pointed Sticks And Animal Horns
What Is The Order Of The Social Structure In Order From From Lowest Class to Highest Class
Enslaved, Women, Middle Class Men, Government Officials, Nobles, Kings, And Then Priests
(Continuation Of Question Above) How Was It Shaped
Like An Inverted U- Or V- Shaped Structure
What Is The Exact Longitude And Latitude Of Mesopotamia
34.5338° N, 43.4837° E