Geography
What two rivers is Mesopotamia located between?
What is the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
What was built in Ancient Mesopotamia to honor the gods?
What is ziggurat
What did Mesopotamians create to combat the uncontrolled water supply?
What is irrigation systems
Who were city-states ruled by?
What is three
What current day country is located where Mesopotamia was?
What is Iraq
Kings
What was invented by the Sumerians and performed using a reed stylus?
What is cuneiform or writing
What is an area within walls with a temple in the center called?
Who was in the upper class in Mesopotamia?
(3 answers)
What continent is Mesopotamia located on?
What is Asia
What are three of the Mesopotamian gods?
What does cuneiform mean?
What is wedge-shaped
Who assisted the king in enforcing laws and collecting taxes?
What is government officials
Where are merchants, traders, and artisans located on the pyramid?
What is the middle and/or common class
What does Mesopotamia mean?
What does polytheism mean?
What is worshipping many gods
Why did the Mesopotamians need to build walls around their villages?
What is to protect against invaders and/or attacks
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Who are slaves
What is the name of the rich soil land where Mesopotamia is located called?
Why did Mesopotamians want to please the gods?
What is they determined the good and bad that happened to them
What did Mesopotamians mostly use cuneiform and clay tablets for?
keeping records
Who created the oldest code of law?
Who is Hammurabi
What were the 3 classes of Mesopotamia?
What is upper class, middle or common class, and lower or bottom class