Orgins
What does Mesopotamia mean?
Between rivers
Where did they believe there gods lived?
The Mountains
What type of government did Mesopotamia practice?
Monarchy
What is a writer called in Mesopotamia?
A Scribe
What did they used that helped them with farming?
The Plow
What kind of houses did they make in the dry areas?
Mud Brick Houses
Where did they worship?
Ziggurats
Who is responsible for protecting the city?
Priests
Mesopotamia's numbers looked like pictures, or small drawings. True or False?
True
Inspired by the wheel, what else did they invent using the wheel?
The Chariot
What type of house did they make in the wet areas?
Reed Houses
Who was there main god?
Ur-Nammu
Who was one of there great mayors?
Hammurabi
Mesopotamia did not like theater. True or False?
False
The wheel was first invented for...
Potters
What are the names of the two rivers next to Mesopotamia?
Euphrates and Tigris
What did they believed there gods had control of?
The Sky and Air
What two classes didn't usually support wars?
The Lower and Middle Class
Mesopotamian writing was called...
Cuniform
Mesopotamia was first known as Sumerians. True or False?
True
Where were mothers in the day time?
In the House
What did they call the afterlife?
Arallû, Ganzer or Irkallu
If a pickax with a god's face carved on it fell on your foot, what did they believe?
The God Carved in the Pickax Hated You!
Wool was never useful for them in clothes. True or False?
False
What type of people were the chariots used for?
The Rich People