Vocabulary
The World's first system of writing
What is Cuneiform?
The name of the area in Mesopotamia that offered rich soil and allowed civilizations to begin.
One person trades lumber to another person for clothing is an example of what?
"An eye for an eye" means what?
What is, if you do bad to someone, something bad needs to happen to you.
The practice of believing in more than one god.
What is Polytheism
The famous collection of 282 written laws that governed Babylonian society
What is Hammurabi's Code
The names of the two rivers that create the fertile crescent.
Euphrates and Tigris
Many kings in Mesopotamia claimed that their authority over their people came from which source?
This is means that you cannot be convicted of a crime until proved otherwise.
"Innocent until proven guilty"
The method of supplying water to an area of land or crops
What is irrigation?
The Division of society based on someone's rank or class.
What is social hierarchy?
The name of the body of water that the two main rivers flow into
Persian Gulf
Which group of people were the first to build city-states in Mesopotamia and live in the Fertile Crescent?
What are Sumerians?
Why is Hammurabi's Code still so important?
What is a Monarchy.
What is a ziggurat
The name of the sea to the WEST of Mesopotamia
Mediterranean Sea
How did irrigation lead to the growth of civilization in Mesopotamia?
It led to a surplus of crops/food.
The number of laws in Hammurabi's code
What is 282.
The PRESENT DAY location of Mesopotamia
What is Iraq / Iran?