Inventions
what was the Lunar Calendar
12-month calendar with wich was invented by the mesopotameans
ha ha you got triked this is not an easy one
Explain each level of the Mesopotamian soshal structure with at least one example of who would be in that level.
if you give 2 examples for each teacher gives you 30000 extra points
priests and kings at the top, merchants and artisans in the middle, farmers and servants at the bottom
what was hamerabies code
oldest set of leagal codes
What rivers were vital to the region of Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
what was Hammurabi known for
Hammurabis code
list 3 inventions
Wheel, Cuneiform, irrigation...
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who would be able to reseve a formal edication
uper class boys
haw did it enforce a social hierarchy in Babylonian society
Some laws were unfair in their punishments, particularly in terms of social class and gender. It benefited the upper class.
what is silt?
fertile soial depostited by rivers wen thay flood god for farming
haw did city states weaken Sumar and led to its decline
citystes laed to sumars decline because of thare inability to unite under a single government
what was the first writen languge
and what was it writen on
Cuneiform
writen on clay tablets
were sumareans poly or mono theistic
and wat is the diference betwen the 2
polytheistic
polytheistic beflefe in maltibel gods
monotheistic belefe in one god
give an example of an unfair law in hamerabies code
an example could be one of the laws that if you survive jumping into a river you are inisent but if you dye you are not
or a unfair jender law
What modern-day nations can be found in Mesopotamia
Iraq and Syria
what is a city state
A political region that includes a city and the area surrounding the city.
what was the weel originally intended for
for carying gods and making pottery (poters weel)
did Sumer have a central government
and haw did this efect thare efectuveness to pretect them selves from outside invation
no
it made them vonrible
what was the perpase of hamerabies code
established justice, maintained order, prevented crime, and regulated trade and other aspects of society.
haw did the rivers benifit Mesopotamea
provided fertile silt wen the rivers floded wich was good for farming
what would be in the middle of a city state
a zigerott
explain the inportance of erigation
allawed farming to thrive in the dry climate using water from rivers...
other corect ansers are corect...
City-states had dual governments wat were the 2 types
theocracy and monarchy
explain what were the benefits and flaws of hamerabies code
benifits example- maintained order
flaw example- unfair punishments to lawer clases and woman.
what was the Geography like
dry desert with Two rivers wich flood to produce silt
what was Sargon know for dering his raign
created First centralized government