Geography
Name the rivers that run through Mesopotamia
What is Tigris and Euphrates
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What is The Epic of Gilgamesh
What materials did the Sumerians use to build their houses
Mud and clay
The Pinnacle of the social structure in ancient of Mesopotamia
What is King
The belief in many Gods
What is Polytheism
What is the main physical feature of Mesopotamia
What is a plain
What is agriculture
Farming and domestication of animals
A religious temple
What is ziggurat
Very influential because of the importance of religion
What is Priest
Where did Kings in ancient Mesopotamia get Their power.
What is the Gods
How did the Mesopotamians control their environment?
They built irrigation systems
What is a City-State
A self-governing or independent state
The Code of Hammurabi was carved onto a
What is Stela or Stele?
Traded Leather, metals and crops for wood and stone
What is Merchants
The God of justice
Shamash
Name two modern countries that now occupy the land once known as Mesopotamia
What is Iraq, Syria
How did a surplus of food help in the development of a civilization?
It allowed people to specialize in different jobs. Scribe, metalworker, Leather worker etc... (Division of labor)
A large territory people ruled by one person
What is an Empire?
Most likely to use a stylus for work
What is scribes
The word “Mesopotamia” means
"The land between two rivers"
Name two conditions in Mesopotamia that made it difficult to live in.
What is Rivers flooding, Hot dry climate and lack of resources (Trees)
What was the word for a Sumerian king
Lugal or Ensi
The type of government found in ancient Mesopotamia
Monarchy
The social class who invented writing
What is Merchants
Name the three major groups that made up the people of ancient Mesopotamia
Sumerians, Babylonians, and Assyrians.