Architecture & Cities
What is the name for temples in Mesopotamia?
What is a ziggurat?
What were the two of the most powerful groups in Mesopotamia?
Nobles, Kings, royals and Priests
What is Hammurabi's Code?
A law code
What does polytheistic mean?
belief in more than one god
What invention helped to increase trade and travel?
The wheel
What where most of the buildings made of?
mud-brick
What was least powerful group in Mesopotamia?
Slaves
How many laws were Hammurabi's code?
282 laws
Where did the people go to worship the god of the city-state?
To the ziggurat.
What was the writing system called?
Cuneiform
What purpose were ziggurats?
To worship a god or goddess.
Which group in Mesopotamia was neither rich nor poor?
Commoner/peasant such as Craftsmen & free Farmers
How did Hammurabi control his vast empire? What did he do to communicate rules and keep order through out the empire?
Posted the code of laws, for example the pillars with laws written out were placed in different cities through out the empire.
1. What material were the ziggurats made of?
2. What shape are they?
1. Mud-brick
2. step pyramid
1. What are two ways the wheel was used in Mesopotamia?
Wagon or cart wheels to haul loads pulled by animals. The potter's wheel was used to make pottery.
The Mesopotamians worshiped many gods or goddesses. This is called _____________________
polytheism / polytheistic
What begins to grow when you have a food surplus?
Population, specialization OR number of jobs
1According to Hammurabi's Code, explain what happens when someone breaks your bone if... 2. What is the famous quote about the crime and equal punishment?
1. The other person's bone is broken. 2. an eye for an eye
Describe the economy of Mesopotamia.
Trade based on agricultural products for products that they did not have.
What are two reasons about the area for why the nomads settled in Mesopotamia?
Water from the rivers & rich soil for farming allowed for agriculture & they could settle down.
What are the self governing centers that were developed between 3300 BC and 3000 BC?
city-states
What are the three social classes of Mesopotamia?
1.Top 2. Middle 3. Bottom
Nobles
Commoner/peasant
Slave
1 Who was the legendary hero king and
2 What was written about him?
1.Gilgamesh
2. The Epic of Gilgamesh