Vocabulary
Mesopotamian Empires
Geography of Mesopotamia
Important People & Figures
Miscellaneous
100
Record keepers who often went on to become government officials were _________ .
Scribes
100
The Chaldeans rebuilt the city of ___________.
Babylon
100
The area of southern Mesopotamia is known as ______________ .
Sumer
100
__________________ wrote the legal code that covered most areas of daily life.
Hammurabi
100
Why might historians find it useful to study clay tablets with cuneiform writing on them from the past?
The clay tablets might contain stories, laws, and records that help historians learn about daily life, beliefs, and government in Mesopotamia.
200
Every city-state had a large building that looked like a square wedding cake and honored their chief god. The ___________ could only be entered by important people.
Ziggurat
200
Sumer was conquered by the ________________ .
Akkadians
200
Mesopotamia means “the land between two rivers”. Civilizations in Mesopotamia began in the valleys of the _______ & _______ Rivers.
Tigris & Euphrates
200
Artisans, merchants, and fishermen all made up the ____________ on the social hierarchy pyramid.
Middle Class
200
Early weapons, tools, or other things made by humans are known as ___________ .
Artifact
300
How did the hot and dry climate affect the way people lived during the Mesopotamian times? (What did they create to help them live in these conditions?)
They developed irrigation systems to bring water from the rivers to their crops, which helped their crops grow, even in the hot and dry climate.
300
An important contribution made by the Chaldean Empire was ______________ .
Hanging Gardens, 1st Calendar with 7-day week, 1st sun-dial, astronomers → Studies stars, moon, & planets
300
Babylon, Ur, and Uruk are all ___________ in Mesopotamia. They each had their own form of government and a ziggurat in the center.
City-States
300
King of the Akkadians
Sargon, Sargon the Great
300
_____________ is when animals and plants are tamed for use by humans.
Domesticate
400
Mesopotamia, which means "the land between rivers," is known as the ____________ because it was one of the first places where human societies developed complex structures and cultures.
“Cradle of Civilization”
400
What happened to the Chaldean Empire?
They were captured by the Persians & became part of the Persian Empire.
400
Why was the region of Mesopotamia so well suited for the growth of civilizations? (Need 3 Reasons!)
Good farming conditions made it easy to feed large numbers of people.
Rivers provided fish and freshwater for drinking and watering crops.
It was easy to travel and trade.
400
_________ and _________ were members of the upper class.
Priests & Kings
400
_______________ are people who study and write about the human past.
Historians
500
The belief in more than one god is known as polytheism. People in Mesopotamia were polytheistic. The gods that they believed in were gods of ___________.
Gods of NATURE
500
The ________________ were the first large army to use iron weapons.
Assyrians
500
Mesopotamia’s climate was __________ & ___________ .
Hot & Dry
500
Gilgamesh was believed to be part ______ and part ______ .
Part God, Part human
500
What ocean is located at 40 degrees south and 0 degrees?
Southern Ocean