So easy a caveman can do it
Taming plants and animals for human use?
Domestication
Who wrote the first law code known to civilization?
Hammurabi
Skilled craftspeople who make specialty items are called?
Artisans
How did farming allow people to stay in one place and create civilizations?
Make a list
1. Surplus food
2. Population growth
3. Healthy food and longer life expectancy
4. Specialized jobs
This invention allowed the Mesopotamians to use the rivers for trade.
Sailboat
This term is another way of saying the word farming.(Synonym)
Agriculture
Hammurabi's Code is also known as?
Eye for an Eye
The belief in many gods is called?
Polytheism
A civilization's money system is known as its?
Economy
This invention allowed the Mesopotamians to carry goods on land easily.
Wheel
Men and Women hunted and gathered during an era known as
Paleolithic
What were Hammurabi's codes written on and where was it located
On a large stone pillar called a Stela that was located in the center of Babylonia.
Mesopotamians would pray and give offerings to the gods at structures called?
Ziggurats
List out the social order in Mesopotamia from top to bottom.
1. Priests/King/Royal family
2. Artisans/merchants/Scribes
3. Farmers/Fishers (Freemen)
4. Slaves
The Mesopotamians charted the stars to create the world's first
Calendar
The first crop that humans learned how to plant. Easy though, I'm watching my Carbs!!!
Wheat (Cereal grains)
Under Hammurabi's code, what is the punishment for accidently flooding your neighbor's field?
You have to pay for the crops you destroyed or sell your services to them (slavery) until the debt is paid off.
Define city-state?
Based on the Epic of Gilgamesh, list out some beliefs of the ancient Mesopotamians.
1. Many gods
2. Demons
3. Demi-gods
4. right from wrong (moral code)
5. Gods could punish humans
This invention made planting crops easier
Plow
Hunter-gatherers traveled in packs of about 30 family members known as
Nomads
Under Hammurabi's code, what would happen to a person of a higher class in Mesopotamia if they struck someone of a lower class?
They would be forced to pay a fine
List the two rivers that flow through Mesopotamia and translate what the word Mesopotamia means.
Tigris & Euphrates
Mesopotamia means "land between the rivers"
What group in Mesopotamia could become scribes and learn how to read and write in Cuneiform?
The sons of the very wealthy
Written language (Cuneiform)