Geography
What is the area alike around a river?
Fertile soil, rich farming land
What crops did farmers grow?
Wheat , barley and other crops
What is a city-state?
The city and the surrounding area
What invention did they create to move things?
wheel
What is silt?
Rich soil and tiny rocks
What are the two major rivers in Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
What did the people of Mesopotamia build to stop the river from overflowing?
levees
Who was in charge of the city-state?
King
What was their writing system called
cuneiform
What is a ziggurat?
Temple in Mesopotamia
What current day country was Mesopotamia located?
Iraq
What is a food surplus?
More food than needed
What group of people invented the first civilization?
Sumerians
What two tools did they use to write?
stylus and clay tablets
Who was Hammurabi?
Babylonian King
What was the large arc of fertile land called that stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf?
Fertile Crescent
What effect did a food surplus have on Mesopotamia?
People could specialize in other fields of work
What is the difference between a rural and urban area?
rural- country
urban -city
What was the name for the people who could write in Mesopotamia?
Scribes
What was a shaduf?
Wheel to bring water to the crops
What does Mesopotamia mean?
Land between the rivers
What system did the people of Mesopotamia creates to tame the river?
Irrigation system
Name the social classes in Mesopotamia
King priests craftsman merchants traders farmers slaves
Who invented the first written code of laws and what was it called?
Hammurabi
Code of Hammurabi
What was cultural Diffusion?
Spreading of ideas and culture between differnt cultures helped by trading.