The Middle East
Also known as the fertile crescent, this area of land directly translates to "the land between two rivers"
Mesopotamia
What is irrigation?
The process of moving water to crops to help them grow.
What is a city-state?
A independently governed city, and the land surrounding it; it supports its own religious practices, economy, and laws
The name of the earliest form of writing in human history
Cuneiform
Hammurabi was a major king of what empire?
The Babylonian empire
The calmer of the two Mesopotamian rivers, which flooded predictably and annually
Euphrates
Agriculture includes the domestication of what 2 things for food?
Plants and animals
This was the second major empire in ancient Mesopotamia, well-known for its sixth king, Hammurabi
The main reason that writing began
To keep track of resources, as a receipt
Hammurabi's code revolved around a theme of equal justice also known as this repetitive phrase.
an eye for an eye
The wilder of the two Mesopotamian rivers, which flooded annually, often bringing devastation to farms and towns
Tigris
This annual weather event ensured that Mesopotamian fields had lots of fertile soil
Flooding
The first major empire in Ancient Mesopotamia, this empire was known for creating early writing systems, and a centralized government notably run by King Sargon
The Akkadian Empire
A system of writing that uses symbols to represent individual words
Pictographic
This many laws were written in Hammurabi's code
282
Name at least two modern countries in the land known as the middle east
Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Jordan, Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Iraq ,Iran, Afganistan
Mr. Howell said this phrase maybe a hundred times: "The _____ feed the ______, the _______ feed the _____, and the _______ feed the people."
The MOUNTAINS feed the RIVERS, the RIVERS feed the CROPS, and the CROPS feed the people.
One of the largest empires in ancient history, this empire fell to Alexander the Great in 330 BCE
The Persian Empire
The first stage of writing's history involved the exchange of _________ circa 4000 BCE
Counting tokens
Ancient Mesopotamians practiced this legal philosophy that we still follow today. An accused person is...
Innocent until proven guilty
This mountain range feeds the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers
The Zagros Mountains
This grain made up a large portion of ancient Mesopotamian's diets
Barley
This not quite empire was the major civilization in ancient Mesopotamia, known for its city-states that were constantly at war with one another
Sumer
A reed _____ was used when writing cuneiform on clay tablets.
Stylus
Hammurabi's code calls for someone to be put to death this many times
25+