Mesopotamia 1
What is the writing that uses a wedge-shaped stylus on clay tablets?
cuneiform
Who lived in small, mud-brick homes at the edge of the cities?
farmers, fishers
Common people
What are had flat land (plains) and very little rainfall?
Sumer
What land is known as "the land between two rivers"?
Mesopotamia
Food shortages in the Zagros Mountains caused people to move south to _________________________.
Plains or
Sumer or
Plains of Sumer
The foothills of the which mountain range had plenty of rain?
Zagros
What is a temple tower with an outside staircase and shrine on top?
Ziggurat
What is an early city that acted like an independent country? It had its own leader, laws, and farmland.
City-state
Mud-bricks were used to build _______________around city-states.
Walls
A person who had the job of recording information, such as laws and taxes, was a _______________.
Scribe
What did the Sumerian have that proves they were NOT prehistoric?
Writing or written language
What caused food shortages in the foothills of the Zagros Mountains?
Overpopulation
A wall of earth built to prevent a river from flooding.
Levee
A building technique that added strength and beauty to building?
Arch
All 4 empires had trouble in trying to keep control of such _______________territories of land.
Big or large
What are the two most important inventions that affected the food supply?
plow and irrigation system
Who was the Akkadian leader?
Sargon
Arts and musical instruments were used for the purpose of _____________________.
Entertaining
Who had the following jobs: leading the army, enforce the laws, and build temples?
King
Who did the Sumerians believe chose the king?
God or Gods
What from the Zagros Mountains caused the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers to flood in the spring?
Melting snow
Nebuchadnezzar II built walls, archer towers, and a moat to protect his capital city of ________________.
Babylon
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were planted on the rooftop and terraces of the royal ________________.
Palace
Who created the Code of Laws during the Babylonian empire?
Hammurabi
What is a stone slab that the Akkadian used to record important evens or military victories?
Stele