Mesopotamia 1
How many total rivers are in the Fertile Crescent?
Name them
3; Tigris, Euphrates, Nile
What two things did Mesopotamians spend a majority of their time doing?
Working, and praying to their gods
This was the world's first civilization in the Mesopotamian region.
Sumer
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This is the biggest building in each city-state of Mesopotamia. Spelling matters
ziggurat
Who was the most important person to every city-state in Mesopotamia?
What is the most important job in Mesopotamia? Why?
A scribe because they write down all the laws, rules, and keep records of trade.
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Name the two rivers in Mesopotamia, and tell which river is closest to Sumer.
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates, and the Tigris is closest to Sumer.
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Mesopotamians created the first writing system. This writing system is called what? Spelling matters.
Cuneiform
Name three other city-states in Mesopotamia besides Sumer.
Uruk, Ur, Babylon, Assur, Assyria
Where does the Tigris and Euphrates water flow into?
What direction is the water moving?
Into the Persian Gulf
The water is moving south
Who is able to attend school in Mesopotamia?
Only boys of wealthy families
How did Mesopotamia city-states protect themselves?
They built walls around their city & had their own soldiers or armies.
Why did nomads flock to this part of the world?
The Fertile Crescent
Nomads flocked her to learn to farm, and build civilizations, a much better way to live than hunting and gathering.
food, water, jobs, laws, shelter, religion, freedom
What does fertile soil mean?
Fertile soil has a lot of what in it?
Soil that is good for growing crops that has lots of nutrients.
What is is called when you have more than you need?
What is two things the Sumerians used this extra amount of food for?
Having more than you need is a called a surplus
For trade, and store it for times when the harvest was not good.
In the social hierarchy of Mesopotamia, these people are compared to kings as nearly as important.
Priests
This was the major event or thing that allowed civilizations to begin roughly 7,500 years ago.
What is advances in agriculture or farming.
What are four Sumerian inventions?
The wheel, checkers, 12-month calendar, government, the plough, irrigation systems, writing called Cuneiform
What is the most important invention of the Sumerians, and what was it used for?
Irrigation Systems for farming
Put in order:
Use a seeder plow to plants seeds into soil, harvest crop, flood the fields to soften soil, build a canal, build gates to control water in and out of fields, water fields three times a day, Use plow and livestock like oxen through field to break up soil, build ditches from canal to each field, use oxen to run a harrow through field to smooth out soil
1. Build Canal
2. Build ditches to each field
3. Build gates to control flow in and out
4. Flood the fields to soften soil
5. Run a plow through field to break up soil
6. Run a harrow through field with oxen to smooth soil
7. Use seeder plow to plant seeds into soil
8. Water fields three times a day
9. Harvest crop