Mesopotamia Geography
The land of Ancient Mesopotamia between these two rivers?
Tigris & Euphrates River
What was built in Ancient Mesopotamia to worship their gods?
The Ziggurats
What transportation technology were the Mesopotamians the first to invent?
The wheel or the Chariot
City-States were ruled by who?
what are Kings
What was the first civilization to arise between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Sumer
What was the land called when it was able to produce good crops?
What is fertile
What did the Ancient Mesopotamians believe in?
What is Many Gods (polytheism)
What agricultural achievements did the Mesopotamians create?
what is cultivation of soil, irrigation, domesticating
Who had control over the surrounding countryside?
what are city-states
Mesopotamia was in a region also called what?
The Fertile Crescent
What happened each spring to deposit silt that kept Mesopotamian farmland fertile.
The rivers flooded
In Ancient Mesopotamia, What does Polytheism Mean?
What is Believed in Multiple Gods
What was one of the world's oldest laws called?
what is Hammurabi's code
When a group of people has similar incomes and backgrounds
what is social class
What does the word 'Mesopotamia' mean?
"The Land Between Two Rivers"
What is it called when you bring water to your crops through waterways and ditches?
irrigation
Why were Ziggurats so large?
The size reflected the importance of the gods in peoples lives
What written language did Ancient Mesopotamians Create?
what is Cuneiform
What is a group of territories under the rule of one city or person called?
An empire
Who makes up the Upper Class of Ancient Mesopotamia?
who are kings and priests
Which present-day country makes up most of Mesopotamia? Iran, Israel, Egypt, Iraq
Iraq
What aspects did Gods control of Ancient Mesopotamian's lives?
All Aspects
What is a complex society with a government, cities and specialized workers called?
A Civilization
Who created the oldest code of law?
who was Hammurabi, king of the Babylonian empire
Who makes up the Middle Class of Ancient Mesopotamia
who are craftspeople, merchants, and traders