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What is the main basis of the Mesopotamian economy?
Agriculture
100
Where did priests work in Mesopotamia?
Temples
100
What did the Mesopotamians write with?
Cuneiform
100
Where is Mesopotamia, as far a relative location
In the middle east, between the Tigris and Euphrates
100
Who held the power in Mesopotamia?
The priests
200
Who did the Mesoptamians trade with?
The Asyrians
200
How many gods did the Mesopotamians believe in?
About 600
200
What civiliztion did Mesopotamia become?
Ur
200
The Mesopotamians are south of what mountain range?
The Zaragos mountains
200
People payed what as their taxes?
They payed crops as taxes.
300
What did the Mesopotamians use as their currency?
Barley seeds
300
The Mesopotaminas believed in what two groups of deities?
Demons and Gods
300
The Mesopomains built what kinds of monuments?
Temples
300
What modern country is in the place of Ancient Mesopotamia today?
Iran
300
What did the Mesopotamians do to ensure order?
They made laws.
400
What caused the cities to form Mesopotamia?
Trade
400
Anunnaki is the word for what in Mesopotamia?
It is the word for what the gods are.
400
What was the highest social class in Mesopotamia?
The priests
400
What is the northern part of Mesopotamia like?
It was hilly and plains-like.
400
Who wrote the laws in Mesopotamia?
Hammurabi
500
How did the Mesopotamians trade with the Asyrians?
They used boats and donkey caravans.
500
Who is the supreme god in Mesopotamian religion?
Enki
500
A slave cost more more than what in Mesopotamia?
A cow
500
What was the Southern part of Mesopotamia like?
It was marshy.
500
What was the civilization of Mesopotamia divided into?
City States