Let's Get Political
The belief in many gods
What is polytheism?
Potters used this as a surface for shaping clay into pots.
What is a wheel.
Exchange of goods without money.
What is trade or barter.
A self-governing city, often with surrounding lands and villages.
What is a city-state?
A temple tower in Mesopotamia.
What is a ziggurat.
The earliest known writing system.
What is cuneiform.
The two rivers that run through Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?
A member of a ruling family or one of high-rank.
What is a noble.
A traditional story that tells a belief.
What is a myth?
Cuneiform was written with a reed on a ____________.
What is a clay tablet.
People who wore rich jewelry, brightly colored clothing, had private educators and lesser consequences for breaking the law.
Who are Nobels /Upper Class
A written set of laws that apply to everyone under a government.
What is a Code of Law.
Equal to the kings and mediators to the gods.
Who were priests.
A wall of earth built to prevent a river from flooding it's banks.
What is a leeve.
Mesopotamia is often referred to as the ________ because of the shape of the area and its rich soil.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
People who had fewer privileges, did manual labor, dressed plain and were able to work their way up the social pyramid.
Who were lower class.
Hammurabi's Code of Laws were used to unify and __________.
What is keep order.
Created a common way for people to connect with one another.
What is religion?
Cuneiform is writing that uses ________shaped characters.
What are wedges.
A mixture of tiny rocks and soil.
What is silt?
Mesopotamians use the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers for transportation and ________of goods.
What is trade.