Geography
The meaning of the name Mesopotamia
The land between two rivers
Polytheism
The first written code of law
Code of Hammurabi
Someone who sells and trades things
A Merchant
The highest social class
Priest
The modern day country Mesopotamia is mostly in
Iraq
Sumerians view of the afterlife
Gloomy
Invention created for keeping records
Writing
Someone who acquired to much debt may have become a
Slave
Appointed the by the priests
Kings
Mesopotamia was called the "Fertile Crescent" because
It's rich soil
Temples built by Sumerians for worship (also included storage and other important resources)
Ziggurats
A tool used to increase efficiency of farming
Plow
Who wrote one of the first legal codes that covered most areas of daily life
Hammurabi
The largest social class in Mesopotamia
Farmers
provided fertile soil
Each city had its own
Patron God
An invention not naturally occuring in nature used to help move heavy objects
Wheel
Philosophy that Hammurabi believed in
eye for an eye
Social class that had a great impact on how we understand the written history of Mesopotamia today
Scribes
A city that has formed as an independent state with its own government and rulers
City-state
The two social classes most closely tied to Religion (be able to explain why)
Kings (claimed their power came from the gods) and Priests (performed rituals and sacrifices)
Irrigation
Before the code of Hammurabi, each city-state had
it's own government and rulers
Social class that was hired by elite to educate their children
Private Tutors