Society
One feature of early civilizations was the development a system of
social classes
A way of supplying water to land or crops
irrigation
Who helped maintain school discipline?
Mesopotamia is between these two rivers
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
the pyramid like structure in the Center of Ur
Ziggurat
A system is which people exchange goods and services for other goods or services
barter
This development made farming easier and faster
plows hitched to oxen
How did young men or women get married?
When children reached marrying age, the parents arranged marriages for them
Mesopotamia was part of a larger region called ______________
The Fertile Crescent
the worship of many gods
Polytheism
Who made resources into products for export or goods for citizens to buy?
artisans
An amount that is more than what is needed
surplus
What 2 things could happen to children who disobey?
could be disowned or sold into slavery
What two big areas of water (not the rivers) was Mesopotamia between?
Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea
The people believed this would happen if they gods were pleased
the people would prosper
What did scribes use to write sales on a clay tablet?
a reed stylus
silt
Both men and women wore
jewelry, including bracelets, necklaces, and earrings.
One of the first civilizations in Mesopotamia
Sumer
ziggurat originally built by _________
king Ur-Nammu
What did two merchants use to sign a business deal?
a cylinder seal
Sumerians were the first known people to use
the wheel
What did men wear? How did they wear it?
skirt-like garments or robes pinned at the right shoulder
The archaeologist who uncovered many artifacts from Ur and Sumer
Leonard Woolley
The god that was placed in the ziggurat's shrine; food offered to him daily