Geography
Iraq
What present day country is where Mesopotamia was?
Scribe
Who were selected to learn to read and write cuneiform?
A system to mark important days and monitor weather events.
What is the calendar?
Polytheism
What is the belief in many gods?
Babylon
What is the capital city of the Babylonian Empire?
Hot and arid
Priests
Tool used to make work easier
What is the wheel?
Abraham
Who is the father of Judaism?
Who went to school?
Irrigation
What did farmers do to get water to their crops?
Mesopotamian king famous for a code of laws
Who was Hammurabi?
A system of writing
What is cuneiform?
Torah
What is the Hebrew bible?
Sumer
What was the southern part of Mesopotamia?
The two rivers and plains.
What made the area a good place for settling?
Fairness
Why did the citizens admire Hammurabi?
A set of laws
What is Hammurabi's code?
monotheism
What is the belief in one god?
Led the Hebrew people to freedom out of Egypt
What was Moses?
Tigris and Euphrates
What are the two rivers?
Safety and order
Why was the Code of Hammurabi a good thing?
A way to mark short bits of time
What is the 60 second minute?
Ziggurat
Where would Mesopotamians would worship their gods?
Laws of the Hebrew people
What is the Ten Commandments?