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Why did the people settle between two rivers?
Fertile soil, easy access to water, transportation
Who is in the lowest social class?
Enslaved people
What type of religion did the people of Mesopotamia have?
Polytheism
What was their system of writing?
Cuneiform
What is an Epic?
A story about a hero
What are the two rivers in Mesopotamia?
Euphrates and Tigris
Who were in the middle class?
merchants, artisans, farmers, fishermen
Where did they worship?
Ziggurat
Who was Gilgamesh?
A hero who traveled the world and did great deeds. He had an Epic written after him.
What is Nineveh?
One of the first known libraries
What body of water is south of Mesopotamia?
Persian Gulf
Who made up the high class?
Kings, government officials, and scribes
Where was the ziggurat located within the town?
Center
What is the main principle of Hammurabi's Code?
An eye for an eye, meaning an equal punishment for the crime
The first sumerian kings were probably ______.
war heroes
What body of water is to the West of Mesopotamia?
Mediterranean Sea
What is a scribe?
Someone who could read/write in cuneiform. The wrote important records and laws.
Why was the top floor so sacred?
Because the Gods were said to live there.
What did Sargon do?
He conquered the people of Mesopotamia and created the first empire
The __________ rebelled against the Assyrians.
Chaldeans
Black Sea
What did an astronomer do?
Studied the stars and planets
What does "poly" mean in POLYtheism?
Many
What made the Assyrian army so strong?
Iron weapons, 50,000 soldiers
Because rain was scarce.