Later People
A set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life was created by this king
Who is Hammurabi?
Each person gets a different job instead of everyone having the same job.
What is Division of Labor?
A form of writing using wedge shaped symbols.
What is Cuneiform?
The link between Sumerians and their gods are ______
What are priests?
Mesopotamia is the land between what two Rivers?
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
This group of people took about 300 years to recover their strength after being invaded
Who are the Assyrians?
A way of supplying water to an area of land
What is Irrigation?
Used to break through hard clay soil to prepare for planting that were usually pulled by oxen
What is the Plow?
One of the most powerful leaders in Mesopotamia
Who is Sargon?
Babylon is located near this river
What is the Euphrates River?
The most famous Chaldean king, rebuilt Babylon into a beautiful city
Who is Nebuchadnezzar?
Long poems that tell the story of a hero
What are Epics?
Used falling water to measure time
What is the Clock?
These were built tall to be closer to Gods
What are ziggurats?
At the western end of the Fertile Crescent, along the Mediterranean Sea, was a land known as
Phoenicia
This group of people created iron weapons and Chariots
Who are the Hittites and Assyrians?
A set of letters that can be combined to form words
What is the Alphabet?
Used to make stronger tools and weapons
What is Bronze?
Cataloged their medical knowledge by listing treatments according to symptoms and body parts.
What is Medicine?
A large arc of farmland
What is the Fertile Crescent?
The number of laws in Hammurabi's Code
What is 282?
A ruler of a kingdom or empire
Who is a Monarch?
Long lists on tablets that had the names of thousands of animals, plants, and minerals
What is science?
The worship of many gods
What is Polytheism?
Name at least 2 city-states in Mesopotamia
What are Sumer, Akkad, Ur, Babylon, Phoenicia?