Mesopotamia Geography
The land of Ancient Mesopotamia between these two rivers?
Tigris & Euphrates River
What was built in Ancient Mesopotamia to honor gods?
The Ziggurats
What are large banks of earth and stone that hold back water?
what is a levee
City-States were ruled by who?
what are Kings
What job is in charge of supplying food for the city-state?
what are farmers
What did the people at the top of the pyramid have?
What current day country is located where Mesopotamia was?
what is Iraq
In Mesopotamian religion, who was known as the Supreme God?
what is Anu/An
What was their most famous invention? Different forms of this invention were used by artisans, farmers, and the military.
what is the wheel
Who had control over the surrounding countryside?
what are city-states
What did Mesopotamians trade for?
what is building materials, food, and other goods.
Who makes up the Upper Class of Ancient Mesopotamia?
who are kings, priests, and government officials
What continent was Mesopotamia located on?
what is Asia
what is Ishtar/Inanna (Goddess of Love and War) and Shamash/Utu (God of the Sun)
What did they use as a writing tool?
what is a stylus
Who enforced laws and collected taxes?
What is the King and/or government officials
What job involved weaving baskets and creating pottery?
what is artisans
Where were merchants, traders, and artisans located on the pyramid?
What is the middle class
What bodies of water is Ancient Mesopotamia Between other than the rivers?
The Persian Gulf, Mediterranean Sea, and the Caspian Sea
In Ancient Mesopotamia, What does Polytheism Mean?
what is Believed in Multiple Gods
Why did the Mesopotamians need to build walls around their villages?
what is to protect against invaders or attacks
When a group of people has similar incomes and backgrounds, they are part of the same _____.
what is social class
What was the purpose of collecting taxes?
what is to build temples, maintain irrigation systems, and general upkeep of the city-state.
Who makes up the bottom of the pyramid?
what are enslaved people (slaves)
What is the name for the rich soil land around Mesopotamia called?
what is Fertile Crescent
What aspects did Gods control of Ancient Mesopotamian's lives?
ALL aspects
What written language did Ancient Mesopotamians Create?
what is Cuneiform
Who created the oldest code of law?
who was Hammurabi, king of the Babylonian empire
What is someone called when they go to school to learn to write and become record keepers?
what are Scribes
What were the 3 classes of Mesopotamia?
what is upper/middle/lower classes