Trade
Bartering is the exchange of goods and services between two or more parties without the use of __________.
Money
a small area surrounding a large city
City-states
Mesopotamians invented the __, which is still used today for transportation
wheel
Producer or Consumer: Farmer selling at market
Producer
An area of fertile land in the Middle East, located by the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
fertile crescent
The people of Mesopotamia created a system of __ to keep order.
laws
Producer or Consumer: King buying sweets
Consumer
A temple where Sumerians believed gods and goddesses ruled the city.___________ served as shrines.
ziggurat
Writing was invented in Mesopotamia, and it was called _________________.
cuniform
Producer or Consumer: Mother buying her son shoes
Consumer
A group of states (or city-states) under a single authority.
empire
The two rivers that flow through Mesopotamia are the __ and __.
Tigris, Euphrates
Can someone be a producer & a consumer?
YES!!!
A strict and harsh set of laws in ancient Mesopotamian times, was created by the Babylonian king.
Code of Hammurabi
What was the main purpose of the laws created by the Mesopotamians?
To keep order in society