Geography
"Land between two rivers"
What is Mesopotamia?
Ziggurat
What is a religious building?
The wheel, plow, and sail
What are other achievements of the Mesopotamians?
Stratified sturcture
What is the division of social classes?
Upper class
Who are royalty that lived in luxurious houses?
Tigris and Euphrates
What are the rivers that surround Mesopotamia?
Temples
What are structures built on top of Ziggurats as homes for Gods?
Cuneiform
What is the first writing system?
282
What is the number of laws in Hammurabi's Code?
Agriculture, manufacturing, and trade
What are the three main pillars of Mesopotamian economy?
Hot and Dry
What is the climate of Mesopotamia?
One God
What is monotheistic?
Mathematecians
What is the number system based on 60?
Middle class
Who are the merchants, artisans, and skilled workers?
Lower class
Who are farmers and slaves that lived in squalid conditions?
Irrigation canals
What is a system that farmers built to help their crops grow?
An, Enlil, and Ea
Who are the Great Gods?
Money
What is a system of gold and silver coins?
City-states
What is the division of Mesopotamia into different areas?
Patriarchial system
What is men holding all the power and authority?
Flooding prevention
What are levees?
Over 3000 Gods and Goddesses
What is polytheistic?
Astronomy
What is the calendar based on the lunar and solar cycles?
King Hammurabi
What is the harshest ruler of his time?
Difference in Mesopotamia
What is women running businesses, owning land, and holding government positions?