Geography
The land of Ancient Mesopotamia is between what two rivers?
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
What was the Mesopotamian writing called?
Cuneiform
What is Hammurabi's Code of Law?
282 laws for the people and punishments for breaking the law
What is the shape of the Mesopotamian social class structure?
A pyramid
What was someone who could read and write called?
Scribe
What do we call Mesopotamia today (name the country)?
Iraq
The raising of crops and animals for human use
Domestication
What would happen to a man who could not pay off his debts under the law?
He would have to sell his family into slavery for three years.
Who is at the top of the social class pyramid?
King
What was the main temple called?
Ziggurat
What does the word Mesopotamia mean?
Land between two rivers
A system of canals to bring water to crops and fields
Irrigation
What was the punishment for robbery?
Death
Who is underneath the king on the social class pyramid?
Priests, nobelmen, landowners, scribe, and military leaders
Where do the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers begin?
High in the Taurus Mountains
What made the Fertile Crescent so great for farming?
Annual floods that left behind silt (good soil)
Name three very important Mesopotamian inventions?
The wheel, the plow, a writing system
How did the Mesopotamian people view the king?
As a god on Earth
Who made up the lowest class of Ancient Mesopotamia?
Slaves, criminals, and POWS
Scientists who study people, customs, and life of ancient times.
Archaeologist
What evidence of Mesopotamia exists in Iraq today?
The Babel Lion
The Walls of Babylon
The Ishtar Gate
What did the invention of farming allow people to do for the very first time?
Create surplus food
Stay in one place for long periods of time (develop cities)
Specialize in one kind of job
What can we learn from the Code of Laws?
How people were treated differently
What they valued
How they viewed fair treatment under the law
potters, jewelry makers, blacksmiths, weavers
Where would the Garden of Eden be located on a map today?