Vocab
A group of people living together with cities, government, jobs and culture.
What is a Civilization?
What is the Tigris an Euphrates river?
The first written set of laws created by King Hammurabi of Babylon.
What is Hammurabi's Code?
Who was the king who wrote the first set of laws?
What kind of religion did the Mesopotamians have-
Polytheism (many gods)
What is Cuneiform?
What is the name of the curved area of rich land where Mesopotamia was located?
What is the Fertile Crescent?
The system of bringing water to crops using ditches or canals.
What is Irrigation?
Who ruled over each Mesopotamian city- state?
What is a king?
Most people in Mesopotamia worked as what?
Farmers
A two wheeled vehicle pulled by horses, used in war and racing.
What is a Chariot?
Which body of water do the rivers converge in?
What is the Persian Gulf?
A type of government ruled by a king or queen.
What is a Monarchy?
What empire did King Hammurabi rule?
The Babylonian Empire
What was a "barter system"?
Trading goods and services without using money
A group of lands and people ruled by one leader or government.
What is an Empire?
In what modern-day country was most of ancient Mesopotamia located?
Where is Iraq?
The belief in many gods.
What is Polytheism?
WHy was Hammurabi's Code important to history?
It was the first time laws were written down and applied to everyone- it influenced later laws around he world.
What did Merchants sell in Mesopotamian marketplaces?
Grain, cloth, pottery and tools.
The rich, curved area of land in the Middle East where farming began.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
The rivers provided water for farming, drinking, and transportation.
Why did people build cities near rivers in Mesopotamia?
A large pyramid- shaped temple built to honor the gods.
What is a Ziggurat?
True or false: All people were treated equally under Hammurabi's Code?
False- punishment depended on social class
How could someone move up in social class in Mesopotamia?
By becoming a successful trader, scribe, or working for the king.