every day life
what do the Mesopotamia people make there homes out of
mud brick homes
what two rivers are close to Mesopotamia
the Tigris and Euphrates
what dose Mesopotamia mean
land between rivers
how important was rituals to the Mesopotamia people
it was highly important to the Mesopotamia people it influenced people how people behaved
when was the first wheel invented
3500 bce
what are the two most basic garments worn in mesoptamia and what are they made of
skirt and the shawl and is made of woven wool or linen and later made out of silk
what is the climate like
hot, dry with not a lot of rain
what is the name of the oldest city in Mesopotamia
Eridu
what did the Mesopotaimias believe what the gods could control
they believed that the gods could control the wether and the groth of plants and many more
name three things Mesopotamia people have invented
wheel, map, pottery
what did the mesopotamians eat?
they ate grains such as barley and wheat, chickpeas beans,onions, figs, pomegranates and much more
how long is the Euphrates river
1740 miles
what type of government did Mesopotamia have
they were ruled by kings
what did the Mesopotamia people believe what happend to their body when they died
they believed that their spirit would go to a dark netherworld
what was the counting system for in Mesopotamia
they used it to record large payments and measurements
what are the roles of the men the women and the children in there homes
the men ruled the house, the woman kept the house clean and followed the rules, and the children followed their parent's rules.
what animal live in Mesopotaima
lions,leopards,wild cattle,boar,deer,gazelle,ostrich,vultures and eagles
what king ruled Babylon and from what time period
king Hammurabi from 1792-1750 BCE
how did the Mesopotamias honner there gods
they built temples to honor there gods
what did the Mesopotamias first write on
blocks of clay
what tools did the farmers use to farm their crops
they used plows, and sharp blades to plant and harvest crops
what is the landscape like in Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia is made of hills and plains
what was the name of the set of laws created by the Mesopotamias
the code of Hammurabi
what did the people of Mesopotamia bring to the gods temple
they brought food for there gods
true or false did there writing get faster to write
True