Vocab
What is silt?
Silt is particles that were left after the flood that can be used for fertile soil.
Why did farmers trade?
What made up the middle class?
The middle class is made from merchants, fishers, farmers, and artisans.
The word Mesopotamia means...
The land between two rivers.
Why did people make city states?
They made it so they gain the lands around them and they can gain political and economic control.
What does polythesium mean?
It mean to believe in more than one god.
A system with supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes or streams.
What made up the lower class?
The people that were enslaved were the lowest class. They came from war. Criminals and people who couldn't pay their debts became enslaved.
How do the rivers run to each other?
Parallel.
What were the first cars pulled by?
Donkeys.
What is a Surpluse?
When there is extra of something.
What did farmers use surpluses for?
They stored them for later use.
The job of the women was to...
Their job was to run the home, teach the daughters to do the same, and some women owned busnesses.
What were the citys surrounded by.
Mud flats.
Whats the result of huge floods?
They washed away the shelter and homes and crops, they also washed away livestock. A goodside it that it left silt.
Why is a ziggurat important?
It means rise to the top and at the top
Why did people have little crops in the summer?
Because of the lack of water and the lakes drying out.
The role of the men was to...
Their job was to be the head of the home and worked.
When and where did the first civilizations develop?
They developed in 3000 B.C and they developed in Mesapotamia.
What are the three that are the center of civilization?
Ur, Uruk, Eridu.
Epic means...
A long poem that tells the story of two heros.
What influenced where people settled.
Drinking water and fertile soil for crops.
What made up the upper class?
The upper class was made from kings, priests, warriors, and goverment officals.
What is Mesapotamia often called?
The cradle of civilization..
What are the names of the two rivers?
Tigris and Eupharates.