Geography
Mesopotamia is located between these two rivers
What is Tigris and Euphrates?
The Mesopotamians practiced this type of religion.
What is Polytheism?
The Mesopotamians developed this writing system.
What is Cuneiform?
This was the first ruler to create a unified empire in Mesopotamia.
Who is Sargon of Akkad?
This was the primary occupation of most Mesopotamians.
This was the highest class in Mesopotamian society.
What is the priest-king class?
This modern-day country is mostly located where Mesopotamia once was
What is Iraq?
This was the chief god of the city of Babylon.
Who is Marduk?
This is the name of the famous code of laws created by a Babylonian king.
What is the Code of Hammurabi?
This was the primary political unit of ancient Mesopotamia.
What is the “city-state?”
This was one of the main crops grown by Mesopotamian farmers.
What is barley?
This group of people made up the majority of Mesopotamian society.
What are farmers and laborers?
This is the meaning of the word "Mesopotamia."
What is "land between rivers?"
This was the name of the large temple structures built in Mesopotamia to honor their gods.
What is a ziggurat?
This was one of the major mathematical contributions of the Mesopotamians.
What is the base-60 number system?
This Mesopotamian king is best known for his code of laws.
Who is Hammurabi?
Mesopotamians used this system to trade goods and services.
What is barter?
This was the role of slaves in Mesopotamian society.
What is to perform manual labor and household tasks?
This region of Mesopotamia was known for its fertile soil and advanced agriculture.
This Mesopotamian goddess was associated with love and war.
Who is Inanna (or Ishtar)?
The Mesopotamians invented this important agricultural tool.
What is the plow?
This term describes the form of government where religious leaders control the government.
What is Theocracy?
Mesopotamians used this form of money for trade.
What is silver shekels?
This is how women were generally treated in Mesopotamian society.
What is they had some rights but were generally subordinate to men?
This natural barrier helped protect Mesopotamian civilizations from invasion
What is the Zagros Mountains?
This was the ancient Mesopotamian belief about the afterlife.
What is a gloomy underworld where all souls go?
This ancient epic, considered one of the earliest works of literature, comes from Mesopotamia.
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
This was the main role of the lugal in Sumerian society.
What is a king or ruler?
This major trade route connected Mesopotamia with other ancient civilizations.
What is the Persian Gulf trade route?
This document provides detailed insights into the social structure and daily life of Mesopotamians.
What is the Code of Hammurabi?