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Indicators of Civilization
Values of Babylonian Society
100
The land between the two rivers (Euphrates and Tigris)
What is Mesopotamia?
100

Form of government in which the King/Queen rules in the name of gods/goddesses.

What is a Theocracy?

100

Mesopotamians prayed to their gods for __________________ and ______________.

What are blessings and protection?

100

Being able to perform a job that requires a very specific skill. 

What is Job/Labor Specialization?

100

Fighting for what is right.

What is Justice?

200
The land great for growing that stretches in a crescent shape from Mesopotamia to the Mediterranean coast.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
200
King of Babylon who developed a code of law based on the belief of eye for an eye.
Who is Hammurabi?
200
Belief in the existence of more then one god.
What is polytheism?
200

Extra food.

What is food surplus?

200

Making sure that everyone gets the same treatment. 

What is fairness?

300

Fertile particles found around and near the river that is good for farming.

What is soil?

300
A political division where a city controls itself and the surrounding area.
What is a city-state?
300
Important people in the social pyramid in ancient society that were able to communicate with the gods.
Who are priests?
300

People with the most money and power are at the top and people with the least money and power are at the bottom of this structure.

What is a social hierarchy/pyramid?

300

Ensuring that mothers and children are taken care of at the end of a marriage.

What are families?

400
Used by the people who lived in Mesopotamia to bring water to the crops on the farms.
What is irrigation?
400

A community of people living together that have shared customs (culture) and laws.

What is a society?

400

When Mesopotamia had ___________, the people believed that the gods or goddesses were angry.

What are floods. 

400

A way of keeping track of taxes, food surplus, laws, and history.

What is a system of writing?

400

Paying for wrong done to another person.

What is punishment?
500
The continent Mesopotamia is located on.
What is Asia?
500

The Sumerian (mesopotamian city) goddess of love and war.

Who is Ishtar?

500

The building where the ancient Sumerians went to worship and where the priests worked.

What is a ziggurat?

500

Building temples, pyramids, and other large important structures. 

What is monumental architecture?