Geography
Name the two major rivers
Tigris and Euphrates
What is Mesopotamian writing called?
Cuneiform
What type of government did ancient Mesopotamia have?
Monarchy: Rule by a king or queen
What job recorded information for others?
Scribe
What is polytheism?
Belief in many gods.
What does Mesopotamia mean?
Land between two rivers
What contribution did Mesopotamians make to transportation?
Invention of the wheel
Who created a code of 282 laws?
Hammurabi
Name at least 2 common jobs (besides priests and the people that recorded information).
Merchants, farmers, craftworkers, military leaders, business owner, etc.
What social class were head priests?
Highest
What was the solution to flooding?
Irrigation
Mesopotamians had a number system based on ___. (What #?)
6
This story about a Sumerian king who ruled the city-state of Uruk, is thought to be one of the oldest stories in the world.
Gilgamesh
Name a right women had in Mesopotamia (that was not common in other ancient civilizations).
Own property, divorce, run business, train to be a scribe or priestess
Each _________ had its own god.
Also acceptable: natural event
Name at least 2 city-states.
Ur, Kish, Uruk, Eridu, Lagash, Babylon
IRON
Name a role/ responsibility the king played.
Name one export and one import.
Export: Wheat, barley, metal tools, dates
Import: Wood, salt, precious stones, raw copper and tin
What was an ancient Mesopotamian temple called?
Ziggurat