Geography
Mesopotamia is Greek for _______ ___ ________
between the rivers
Hammurabi's codes covered marriage to
murder
A massive, tiered, pyramid shaped building in the center of town used to honor the gods was called what
Ziggurat
A pointed stick used for writing was called what
a stylus
a ritual
Which sea is directly west of Mesopotamia
Mediterranean
The city of Babylon is located on which river
Euphrates
Who are the Muskinu?
landless beggars
People who recorded daily events, trade, astronomy, and literature on clay tablets were known as what?
scribes
An area of many territories and people that are controlled by one government is called
an empire
Tigris and Euphrates
Babylon's greatest king was
Hammurabi
What allowed for the land of Mesopotamia to become fertile every year for growing crops?
flooding
What type of writing system did the Babylonian's develop?
cuneiform
Hammurabi's laws limited _______ to the seriousness of the crime
punishment
The two main mountain ranges surrounding Mesopotamia are called
Zagros and Taurus
The most important city in Mesopotamia was
Babylon
What were the group of slaves called in Mesopotamia?
Muskinu, Ardu, Amelu
Ardu
Mesopotamia was located where the modern country of ______ is now located
Iraq
The practice of worshipping many gods is known as what
Polytheism
The area between the two rivers of Mesopotamia that floods every year is known as the __________
__________
Fertile Crescent
Name 2 areas that Hammurabi's codes covered
marriage, trade, commerce, murder, divorce, property rights
Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent are located in the south western part of which continent?
Asia
Name 2 Sumerian city-states
Ur, Uruk, Kish, Lagesh, Eridu
Who were the first people to settle in the region of Mesopotamia?
Sumerians