Ancient Writings
Cuneiform
Who are the Sumerians.
The Goddess of love fell in love with Gilgamesh. This evidence tells us that Sumerian society believed...
The Gods were human like.
Why was the innovation of the calendar developed?
Mesopotamians wanted to know when the floods were coming.
Who did Mesopotamians believe created the Code of Hammurabi?
The sun God, Shamash, who was associated with justice.
Why was the innovation of the wheel developed?
Mesopotamians wanted to move goods more quickly and easily.
Why was the plow developed?
Mesopotamians wanted to make farming easier and quicker.
Farmers recorded this so Sumerians developed cuneiform.
What are crops and livestock
Gilgamesh returns to his people and realizes that immortality is not important. This evidence teaches us that Sumerian society valued...
Loyalty
What problems did the calender help to resolve (fix)?
It helped farmers know when floods were coming so their crops wouldn't wash away.
Where was the Code of Hammurabi located?
It was located in important locations throughout Babylon so all people could be aware of their rights.
What problems did the wheel help to resolve?
Mesopotamians could transport larger quantities of goods.
What problem did the plow help to resolve?
It helped to break up the soil for planting.
Merchants did this so Sumerians developed cuneiform.
What is recorded sales
How can we tell Sumerians valued honesty from the Epic of Gilgamesh?
The story reveals Gilgamesh learned that hurting his people and taking advantage of them were not the actions of a worthy king.
How did the calender impact Mesopotamia and future civilizations?
It improved agriculture, allowed farmers to harvest more crops and increased the population.
How did the Code of Hammurabi change the idea of justice in Babylon?
All people were now protected, however, there was still inequality among social classes.
People were protected from unfair judges.
Punishment fit the crime.
How did the wheel impact Mesopotamia and future civilizations?
Mesopotamians now had quicker, easier transportation, and carts could be used.
How did the plow impact Mesopotamia and future civilizations?
Farmers could do more work and work more quickly.
A this was created so it caused Sumerians to develop a system for writing.
True
True or false?
The code of hammurabi was fair in every way possible
False not everybody could read it making it unfair to the people who have low social class and are uneducated!
The first creators of the wheel were,
a) the Mesopotamians
b) the Egyptians
or c) the sumerians
c) the sumerians
How did the plow increase population
Better farming is more food which has enough for more people
Where did they write cuneiform?
On clay tablets and with a stylus.
were was the codes of Hammurabi put
a) in all the important places were everybody could see
b) on farms
c) at the movie theater
a) in all the important places were everybody could see