Don't Mess with Hammurabi
What are the 2 rivers that make up Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
Who did the writing?
scribes
How many gods and goddesses did Mesopotamia have?
3,000
Why did Mesopotamians pray to gods/goddesses?
protection
Why was the Code of Hammurabi displayed in a public place?
for everyone to see
What happens to those rivers each year?
flood - leaving behind fertile soil called silt
What did the scribes write on?
clay tablets
What is another word for god/goddess?
Deity
What is division of labor?
variety of jobs in a society
The time before the invention of writing
prehistory
In what present-day country is Mesopotamia?
What did scribes use to write with?
stylus
What is the name of the government/religious building in Mesopotamia?
ziggurat
What did Hammurabi do?
created the first set of written laws
Why did the Mesopotamians sleep on their roofs?
to escape the heat
What is the writing called?
Cuneiform
What is the shape of cuneiform?
wedge-shaped
Who is the only person that could visit the top of the ziggurat?
priest
How many laws did Hammurabi have?
282
How did Mesopotamians control flood water?
irrigation canal/ditches
What are the 3 nicknames for Mesopotamia?
Fertile Crescent
Land between the Rivers
Cradle of Civilization
What is polytheism?
belief in many gods/goddesses
Who was the king of Babylon?
Hammurabi
How is Hammurabi's Code summarized?
eye for an eye
What are the 5 Steps of a Civilization?
hunting/gathering
technology develops
domestication/agriculture
surplus of food
division of labor