Geography
What did the Sumerians create to adapt to the unpredictable water supply?
Irrigation systems
Kings in Sumer had what kind of power?
Absolute power
Who created the first code of laws?
Hammurabi
Name two of the three ways the Sumerians controlled water?
Dams, Levees, Canals
People did everything they could to stick to how ____________ wanted them to act.
the gods
Floods were helpful because _______________.
they brought fertile soil to the plains that was good for farming
Sumer was divided into ____-______.
City-states
Which Empire of Mesopotamia came first?
Akkadian Empire
What was the invention that made traveling long distances easier?
the wheel
What is the name of the religious temples that were often built in the center of a city-state.
Ziggurats
All of the Mesopotamian empires encompassed which two rivers?
The Tigris and Euphrates
Sumerian city states used two main strategies to keep enemies out of their city-states, what were they?
1. Walls
2. Moats
Hammurabi's Code gave which two groups of people more rights than was common at the time?
Slaves and Women
What was the invention that made farming easier?
The plow
The people who created art, Jewelry, and mirrors were called ___________.
Artisans
Why did people move out of the foothills of the Zagros mountains and into Sumer?
Food was becoming more scarce/there was a food shortage
Who helped record laws and contracts for the king?
Scribes
Hammurabi's Code Set the foundation for Modern day ________ _________.
Law codes
Name two of the three ways we use the base 60 number system today.
Time, Angles, Map coordinates
Why did people listen to their kings' orders?
They believed that their king was chosen by the gods/the gods spoke through them.
What are two struggles Sumerians faced while living in the plains?
Lack of building materials
Uncontrolled water supply
Attacks by neighboring communities
Food shortages in the foothills
What was the name of the Queen that Sir Charles Leonard Woolley found while excavating Ur?
Queen Puabi
What was the most common reason that a Mesopotamian empire fell?
It was too big/Kings found it difficult to rule such a large area
Cuneiform impacted trade in these three ways:
- Made trade easier
- People could keep records of trades
- People began to keep trade contracts
What is the name of the shell and stone mosaic that depicted life in a Sumerian city-state in times of war and peace?
The Standard of Ur