Geography
What is this area of land called?
The Fertile Crescent
What was built in Ancient Mesopotamia to honor gods?
Ziggurats
True or False
Laws in Mesopotamia were created to make life stable for citizens.
True
True or False
Hammurabi's Code was not applied equally to all people
True
The land between two rivers
Mesopotamia
The land of Ancient Mesopotamia is between what two rivers?
Tigris & Euphrates River
True or False
Ancient Mesopotamians believed in one, true god.
False
Who was the ruler who first created Mesopotamia's laws?
King Hammurabi
Which city-state's central location made it ideal for trading?
Babylon
The belief in one god
Monotheism
What is the name of the modern-day country where Mesopotamia was located?
Iraq
An important leader of Mesopotamian religion was called a ___________.
Priest
Hammurabi's Code was based on the idea of _____________.
an eye for an eye
What was the main factor for civilizations to form in the fertile crescent?
rivers flooding to create fertile soil for farming
A group of traders traveling together
Caravan
What bodies of water are at the top (northwest) and bottom (southeast) of Mesopotamia?
Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf
Each day, Mesopotamians gave a ___________ to the gods that included food and animals.
Sacrifice
How many laws made up Hammurabi's Code?
What caused city-states to form in Mesopotamia?
Long distances between settlements
Many territories and people who are controlled by one government.
Empire
The fine particles of rock that would be left behind after flooding?
Silt
Stories to explain the gods were called __________.
Myths
What did Hammurabi do with his laws that no one had done before him?
written down for all to see
The Medes and Chaldeans conquered ___________ in 612 B.C.
The Assyrians
Symbols combined into script are called __________.
Cuneiform