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
How did bronze weapons play a role in Mesopotamia?
By cities growing and becoming more powerful city- states because they could conquer their enemies.
An early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws and government is known as a what?
City-state
What led to the expansion of jobs in ancient Mesopotamia?
Food surplus
The way a civilization is organized?
Social classes
What is this area of land called?
Fertile Crescent
What did the Ancient Mesopotamians believe in?
Polytheism
What agricultural achievement did the Sumerians create to help with planting crops?
See funnel
The city-states primary lawmaker and judge?
King
How did Sumerians trade their goods in ancient Mesopotamia?
through the barter trading system
Who makes up the Upper Class of Ancient Mesopotamia?
who are kings and priests
What are two modern day countries that are included in the Fertile Crescent?
Iraq,Syria,Lebanon,Cyprus,Jordan,Palestine and Kuwait
In Ancient Mesopotamia, what does Polytheism mean?
The belief in multiple gods
How did the invention of the wheel help the Sumerians?
it was used for irrigation, pottery making, milling and later used for to create the chariot (transportation)
Who created the oldest code of law?
King of Ur, Ur-Nammu
How did traders transport their goods?
At first , by using rivers and canals. Later they used carts and boats.
Who makes up the Class after the priest and priestesses of Ancient Mesopotamia?
who are the merchants, scribes and artisans
What bodies of water are at the top and bottom of Mesopotamia?
Mediterranean sea and the Persian Gulf
The ______ are a part of the social structure of Mesopotamia?
Priest
Sumerians were the first people to develop the concept of what?
Time
The priests declared that who was sent from the Gods to rule the city?
kings
What did Scribes go to school for in Ancient Mesopotamia?
To learn to write
Who makes up the Middle Class of Ancient Mesopotamia?
what are farmers and skilled workers
Fine particles of rock that would clog canals?
Silt
Who could communicate with the Gods?
Priest
What written language did Ancient Mesopotamians Create?
Cuneiform
What was the name of the written set of rules or laws?
Hammurabi's Code
How did trade make each city-state's culture richer?
Trade helped Sumerians meet others to gain more ideas and learn about new technologies
Who was the lowest class in the social structure of ancient Mesopotamia?
slaves
The Sumerians used what technology to bring water to their fields?
Flat plains, irrigation systems (levees, canals) that led to a food surplus
Bonus Geography: What does Mesopotamia mean?
Between two rivers
Cuneiform is based on an earlier, simpler form of writing that used _______?
Pictographs
The law code contained laws about what?
slavery, marriage, and hurting other people
BONUS GEOGRAPHY: an area in southern Mesopotamia, where cities first appeared.
Sumer
Name the six levels of the pyramid in order from top to bottom?
King, priests, nobles, government officials/scribes, merchants and farmers, slaves