Government
I was a Babylonian King who wrote the first set of laws.
Who is HAMMURABI?
The reason why specialized jobs were able to form.
What is a surplus of food?
This process that was developed by the Sumerians allowed water to be moved from the rivers to their farms fields.
What is irrigation?
This invention enabled the Sumerians to carry more goods and travel farther while trading.
What is the wheel?
This was the main form of government in Mesopotamia.
What is a monarchy?
Citizens made sacrifices to nature-based gods for this reason.
What is the best was the people could influence nature positively?
The noble family/king.
Who is at the top of the social class pyramid?
The two rivers that run through Mesopotamia.
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?
Sumerians did this instead of wandering around for food.
What is farming?
Once we started farming, we settled and formed 12 of these.
What are city-states?
A person that writes on clay tablets.
What is a scribe?
Slaves
Who was at the bottom of the social class pyramid?
I am the body of water the the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers empty into
What is the Persian Gulf?
This was the first form of writing.
What is cuneiform?
Citizens thought their kings were ______, which gave the king power.
What are demigods.
This one skill allowed all of civilization to settle in the Fertile Crescent.
What is farming.
Scribes, builders, artisans, farmers, traders, metal workers.
What are the various jobs found in their society?
Mesopotamia is often referred to as the ________ because of the shape of the area and its rich soil.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
Mesopotamia was the first to have these in order to keep order in their city-states.
What are laws?
This was a building the center of town where the king stayed and where sacrifices were made to the gods.
What is a ziggurat?
This activity was important in the economy in order to get needed supplies.
What is trading with other lands.
This group had rights protected by law, could own property, and file for divorce
Who women?
Developed trade routes, which were traveled by these
What were caravans?
Mr. Jagow is so happy because of this invention from Mesopotmia!
What is mathematics?