Inventions
used to carry goods and also to make pottery. Made jobs easier.
What is the wheel
a rigid hierarchy
What is a King/Noble
the Great, he divided the empire into provinces
What is Sargon II?
Explain the purpose of Hammurabi’s Code.
What is it that establishes justice, maintains order, prevents crime, and regulates trade and other aspects of society?
What does the word Mesopotamia mean?
What is the land between the two rivers?
The first written language used wedge-shaped pictographs on clay tablets.
what is Cuneiform
farmers, artisans, soldiers
What is Commoners
established trade and colonies throughout the Mediterranean
What is Nebuchadnezzar
How did Hammurabi’s Code enforce a social hierarchy in Babylonian society?
What is Some laws were unfair in their punishments, particularly in terms of social class and gender. It benefited the upper class.
What rivers were vital to the region of Mesopotamia?
What are the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
It provided an ancient fundamental system for time/dates
What is Luner Calendar
at the bottom
What is Slaves
He helped rebuild Babylon
What is Hammurabi
Laws clearly defined rights and penalties for different classes: landowners (awîlum), commoners (muškênum), and slaves (wardum/amtum).
What is a Social Structure
What modern-day nations can be found in Mesopotamia?
what is Iraq and Syria
were made by carving images on various materials
What is a map
Early Mesopotamia featured independent city-states, each with its own king and government.
What is City-States
The stele was looted and later rediscovered by French archaeologists in 1901 in Iran (ancient Susa).
What is Discovery
What was the geography like in Mesopotamia?
What is a Hot and dry climate? Unpredictable flooding caused the rivers to flood while leaving behind silt. This created fertile soil that was good for farming. The Mesopotamians were able to channel floodwaters for irrigation, enabling them to cultivate a surplus and establish a civilization.
a large farming implement with one or more blades fixed in a frame,
What is a Plow
The king (or lugal) led the military, made laws, and served as the link to the gods, supported by advisors like scribes and high priests.
What is a Kingship
What book did we read that had a Mesopotamian rulers
Who is gilgamesh
It consists of 282 laws written in Akkadian on a large black diorite stele (pillar).
What is a Format
What is along the Mediterranean Coastline?
What is the Fertile Crescent along the Mediterranean?