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What is a city and the surrounding area that is also an independent country?
a city- state
What was a writer called in Mesopotamia?
scribe
Where did the Mesopotamians believe the gods lived?
ziggurat
What did the Mesopotamians write with AND on?
stylus and clay tablet
What did the Sumerians invent to make moving heavy things easier?
wheel
Where were Mesopotamian cities located?
Located near the rivers
Who was the leader of each city state?
The King
Where were ziggurats located?
Center of each town
What were the Mesopotamians the first to write down?
laws
What Mesopotamian invention helps us to keep a schedule today?
concept of time based on 60
What were the 2 rivers in Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
Who took care of the ziggurat, communicated with the gods?
Priests
Who led the government in Mesopotamia?
King
What was Mesopotamian writing called?
cuneiform
What measurement of land invented by the Sumerians, originally called and "iqu", do we use today
The "acre"
What is the crescent area of land called in Mesopotamia?
The Fertile Crescent
Who grew the food in Mesopotamia?
Farmer
Who wrote the first code of laws?
Hammurabi
What did cuneiform look like?
wedged shaped
What invention by the Mesopotamians helped to dig holes for planting seeds?
The plow
What does Mesopotamia mean?
Land Between the Rivers
Who stayed home and took care of the home?
Women and daughters
What were Hammurabi's Code of Law like?
strict
What was the original purpose or reason for the invention of writing?
trade- write down business deals
What word means watering of crops?
irrigation