Geography
What were the issue the civilization faced in the summer? How did they resolve it?
Define Mesopotamia
The land between 2 rivers
The pyramid-like temple where the city-state's gods were worshiped.
Ziggurat
Who was Hammurabi?
A Babylon king
Univiserty Ms. Perez attended
USF (Univiserty of South Florida)
The two rivers on the Fertile Crescent
Tigris and Euphrates river
Polytheistic
The belief of multiple gods
Who represented the lower class?
Farmers, and the lowest were slaves
One of the first written codes of law
Hammurabi Codes of Law
Favorite anaimal
What were the issue the civilization faced in the spring? How did they resolve it?
In the spring, they faced floodinhg. So they built hills to stop the flood
Define CIty-States
Independent, self governing communities that included a city and surrounding farm land
Who represented the highest class?
Ruling family (king) and preist
Favorite history topic
Titanic
The two main cities during the Sumer civilization?
Ur and Uruk
Define irrigation
A system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes, and streams
Describe the men role in Sumer civilization
•Men had authority over children and wives and could sell them into slavery
•Men could also easily divorce their wives
Zaxbys or Chick-fil-a
Zaxbys
Why controlling the water important?
Water is used for transportation, watering crops, feeding people/animals
What was the stylus and tablet used for?
Stylus: sharp point used for writing
Tablet: wet mud clay, then later dried up so it can be written on
Who is Gilgamesh?
•epic poem. It was about the heroic deeds performed by Gilgamesh, a king of Uruk who was part god
When is Ms. Perez bday
Jan. 29