Mesopotamia Geography
The land of Ancient Mesopotamia is between what two rivers?
Tigris & Euphrates River
What was built in Ancient Mesopotamia to honor gods?
The Ziggurats
What are the manmade walls along rivers that stop flooding called?
Levee
An early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws and government is known as a what?
City-state
Name three inventions that helped agriculture to flourish.
Yoke, wheel, plow, canal.
True or false: Sumerian slaves could eventually purchase their own freedom.
True
What is this area between the Persian Gulf and Mediterranean Sea called?
Fertile Crescent
What type of religion did the Ancient Mesopotamians believe in?
Polytheism
What was used to imprint one's signature?
Cylinder Seal
Powerful, ruthless, empire in Northern Mesopotamia?
Assyria
What were the jobs in ancient Mesopotamia? Name 3
Merchants, artisans, farmers, fisherman, scribes,
Who makes up the Upper Class of Ancient Mesopotamia?
who are kings and priests
What is the name of the modern day country where Mesopotamia was located?
Iraq
In Ancient Mesopotamia, what does Polytheism mean?
The belief in multiple gods
What was one of the world's oldest laws called? (created by a king)
Hammurabi's code
Who created the oldest code of law?
Hammurabi, king of the Babylonian empire
What number did the Mesopotamians base their system off of? This allowed them to create the __________and ________and ____________? (hint we use them today)
60 minute hour, 60 second minute, 360 degree circle.
Who makes up the Middle Class of Ancient Mesopotamia
who are craftspeople, merchants, and traders
What bodies of water are at the top and bottom of Mesopotamia?
Mediterranean sea and the Persian Gulf
The ______ are a part of the upper class social structure and were thought to be able to speak to the gods of Mesopotamia.
Priest
What material did Mesopotamians use to construct their homes?
Mud bricks
Who was the king of the NEW Babylon (Chaldean empire)?
Nebuchadnezzar II
What did Scribes do in Mesopotamia?
Recorded information with writing.
Who makes up the Lower Class of Ancient Mesopotamia?
what are farmers, laborers, and enslaved people
Fine particles of rock found at the bottom of rivers?
Silt
Who's duty was it to build and maintain the ziggurats?
King (example ur nammu)
What written language did Ancient Mesopotamians Create?
Cuneiform
Who was the king/emperor of the Akkadians?
Sargon
A skilled craftsmen.
Artisan
What were the 3 classes of Mesopotamia?
what is upper/middle/lower classes
_______ allowed the Samarians to divert water to fields and produce ______?
irrigation systems (levees, canals), crops
Bonus Geography: What does Mesopotamia mean?
Between two rivers
Cuneiform is ___________ writing.
Wedge - shaped
Sumerians believed __________ selected a king. The king needed approval from the ________.
A god, priest
BONUS GEOGRAPHY: an area in southern Mesopotamia, the first civilization.
Sumer
A system in which people exchanged goods for services.
Barter