What is it?
What is Mesopotamia known as?
The tool that runs underneath the soil to dig up the dirt and help plant seeds?
PLOW
What religion did Mesopotamians practice?
Polytheism
Name the code of laws created in Babylon
Hammurabi's Code
What was the place of worship called?
Ziggurat
Mesopotamia is now what country?
IRAQ
Name of the class system that is in the shape of a pyramid?
Social Hierarchy
What is Polytheism?
Belief in many gods
How many laws did the code have?
282
What was the first civilization in Mesopotamia?
Sumer
Name the nutritious top soil that made land fertile?
SILT
90% of Mesopotamians had what job?
What is the system of writing Mesopotamians created?
Cuneiform
Was everyone treated equally under the code?
NO
Who conquered the civilization of Sumer?
Babylon
What are the 2 rivers that surround Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
Who was the lowest class in the pyramid?
Slaves
What helped Mesopotamians with trading goods?
The river
An eye for an eye
What was the job of the priests?
to interpret the messages of the gods
The system where the river was guided towards the field of crops?
Name 3 people in the upper class.
King, priests, scribes
Name 3 Mesopotmian Inventions
plow, math, wheel, chisl, sun dial, cuniform, chariot, etc
Why was it helpful for these laws to be written down?
People could not change them and everyone knew what they were
How many years ago was the start of Mesopotamia?
5,000 years ago