Geography
What are the two major rivers in Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
What is Polytheism?
Belief in many gods
What is cuneiform?
First system of writing
What is bartering?
Trading
What are laws?
Rules to organize/protect people
What is silt?
What is mythology?
Fictional story to teach a lesson, moral or explain how something was created
What invention made farming the hard ground easier?
Plow
Bartering led to the development of what?
Markets
What was the first written system of laws called?
Hammurabi's Code
What natural event allowed the Mesopotamians to farm in the Fertile Crescent?
Yearly Flooding
What was the name of the hero in the famous Mesopotamian myth?
Gilgamesh
What invention allowed Mesopotamians to farm in the dry climate?
Irrigation Systems
Trade allowed Mesopotamians to...
Get the things they needed
They made all of the decisions
What was the two major impact of the flat lands in Mesopotamia?
Good land for farming, little natural resources made finding materials difficult
What did the Mesopotamians believe about the gods?
That they controlled everything on the earth
What invention set the foundation for the system of laws for future civilizations
Hammurabi's Code
Why were Mesopotamians forced to trade with other civilizations?
Why did Hammurabi write the laws down?
So everyone knew what they were
What was the two major impacts of the lack of mountains and trees in the Fertile Crescent?
What was the impact of religion on the Mesopotamian people?
They felt they needed to keep the gods happy
What invention is used in measuring time today?
Base 60 number system
What impact did trade have on the Mesopotamians? ( 3 impacts)
Allowed them to get what they needed, increased wealth, expanded the city-states
Interpret the Law: If any one bring an accusation of any crime before the elders, and does not prove what he has charged, he shall, if it be a capital offense charged, be put to death.
Innocent until proven guilty