Power Words
The basic units of Sumerian civilization. – a small area surrounding a large city
What is a City-State?
What are the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
Sumerians were the first ____________.
What is "civilization"?
The stele where the code is written, is divided into three main parts; this is included in the second part:
What are Hammurabi's strict laws?
The priests, officials, and royals composed this social class.
What are the Nobles?
Wedge-shaped writing on clay tablets. This was the writing system of the Sumerians.
What is Cuneiform?
This made Sumerians settle in Mesopotamia.
What is the fertile soil/land?
The invention of this by the Sumerians is often referred to as the greatest invention of humankind.
What is the wheel?
Hammurabi's code is best summarized by this saying:
What is an "eye for an eye"?
90% of the people in Mesopotamia fit under this social class.
What is Farmers and Slaves?
A strict and harsh set of laws in ancient Mesopotamian times, created by the Babylonian king, Hammurabi.
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
This has caused the Tigris and Euphrates rivers to dry up and blend in with the nearby Arabian desert
What are large irrigation projects?
Sumerians were likely the first to create their written language called:
What is cuneiform?
The stele where the code is written, is divided into three main parts; this is included in the first part:
What is King Hammurabi's investiture, his crowning, or his role?
These people held jobs involving farming, fishing, and crafting.
What are the commoners or craftsmen?
This is the area of fertile land in the Middle East, located around the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. This is where ancient civilizations flourished
What is the Fertile Crescent?
This is one of the other civilizations that settled in Mesopotamia.
What is Assyrian, Akkadians, or Babylonians?
(As a reminder I only asked for one of these three)
Sumerians were likely the first to build these, also called ziggurats among other things
What are large structures or buildings?
Hammurabi's code includes this number of laws:
What is 282 laws?
A.They were the workers for the nobles and palaces.
What are craftsmen or commoners?
A wanderer, someone who travels place to place without a permanent residence.
What is a Nomad?
Mesopotamia means this in Ancient Greek:
What is "the land between two rivers"
Sumerians building this allowed them to bring water to their crops growing away from the rivers.
What is irrigation system?
The stele where the code is written, is divided into three main parts; this is included in the third part:
What is Hammurabi's legal work?
A.These people mostly worked on Palace building projects and were owned by the palace.
What are farmers or slaves?