Geography
What two rivers are located in Mesopotamia?
What are the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
Which civilization is considered the oldest in Mesopotamia?
What is Sumer?
Who was the king of Uruk known for his strength and wisdom?
Who is Gilgamesh?
What type of religion did Mesopotamians practice?
What is polytheism?
What was the social hierarchy structure of Mesopotamian society?
What is kings and priests at the top, merchants and artisans in the middle, and farmers and slaves at the bottom?
What is the nickname for Mesopotamia due to its fertile land?
What is the "Fertile Crescent"?
What was the capital of the Akkadian Empire?
What is Akkad?
Who founded the Akkadian Empire and united Mesopotamia?
Who is Sargon "the Great" of Akkad?
What writing system was developed in Mesopotamia?
What is cuneiform?
Who held the highest positions in Mesopotamian society?
What are kings and priests?
During what time period did Mesopotamia flourish?
What is roughly 3500 BCE to 539 BCE?
Name one of the two major city-states in Sumer.
What is Ur or Uruk?
Which king of Babylon is known for his legal code?
Who is Hammurabi?
What were ziggurats used for?
What are temple towers to worship gods?
What role did merchants and artisans play in Mesopotamian society?
What is they were in the middle class and contributed to trade and craftsmanship?
Name one major factor that contributed to agricultural success in Mesopotamia.
What is the development of irrigation systems?
Which civilization is known for advancements in law and architecture?
What is Babylon?
What was the primary theme of the Epic of Gilgamesh?
What is the quest for immortality?
What literary forms were prominent in Mesopotamian culture?
What are myths, epics, and hymns?
How did the structure of society affect the lives of farmers?
What is farmers were at the bottom of the hierarchy and had less power and wealth?
How did the surplus food affect Mesopotamian society?
What is it led to population growth and specialization?
What three major civilizations made up Mesopotamia?
What are Sumer, Akkad, and Babylon?
Who ruled Babylon from 1792-1750 BCE?
Who is Hammurabi?
How did women’s rights in Mesopotamia compare to men’s?
What is women had some rights but less than men?
What were some rights that women had in Mesopotamian society?
What are they could own property and run businesses, but had fewer rights than men?