Mesopotamia
Rich soil from rivers
Why is Mesopotamia a good location for crops?
City States constant fighting with each other made them weak
Why did Sargon conquer Sumer?
Babylonians kings laws eye to eye type of law
What is Hammurabis code?
A system of writing that uses triangular shapes and symbols to stand for ideas
What is a Cuneiform?
Job Specialiation
Why were people able to be artisans?
Tigris and euphrates
What are the 2 rivers in mesopotamia?
pyramid shaped temples
What is a zigurat?
Is the Spreading of cultural traits from one religion to another
What is Cultural Diffusion?
surplus food was traded for
What are other needed resources?
Belief in many gods
what is polytheism?
List at least 5 features of civilization (there are 8)
cities,job specialization,arts and archetecture,government,religion,social classes,public works,writing
Served an important role between sumerians and their gods
Who are priests?
a stone slab on a pillar that stands on an end
what is a stele?
people who invented the alphabet
Who are Pheonicans?
He may have been a real king and he ruled the city of uruk
Who was the epic of gilgamesh?
Several technological advances made by sumerians (name one)
wheel,plow,writing cuneiform