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Houses, Cities, Farming
Social Organization
Food, Clothing, Trade
Writing, Education, Religion
Mesopotamia (General Info)
100
This was used to harden bricks to make them longer lasting.
What is a kiln?
100
The leader of every city-state was a ________
What is a king?
100
These were crushed and made into syrup that was used as a sweetener.
What are dates?
100
This type of writing, uses symbols to represent various letters.
What is cuneiform writing?
100
Mesopotamia was located between the Euphrates and this river.
What is the Tigris River?
200
If one was a wealthy/important person, they would live....
Where is the temenos?
200
A fisherman was apart of this class
What is the lower class?
200
People would harvest, and often eat barley, and this grain.
What is wheat?
200
People often wrote on clay tablets using this
What is a stylus?
200
Mesopotamia is often referred to as the ________ due to it being on of the first ever advanced civilizations.
What is the cradle of civilization?
300
During the winter, Mesopotamian homes were heated by a
What is a brazier?
300
A soldier was apart of this class.
What is the middle class?
300
During the winter months, people wore heavier clothes made of this animal hide.
What is sheepskin?
300
In the place of teachers, these people often educated children at school.
What are priests?
300
With an abundance of food people could start to do other things for a living. This is called______
What is specialization?
400
Many large Mesopotamian homes were built around this
What is a courtyard?
400
When a woman was married, she often received this.
What is a dowry?
400
This craft, made using a kiln, was often traded with other civilizations to obtain material not available to the people of Mesopotamia
What is pottery?
400
Schools were located in this building.
What is the ziggurat?
400
Many groups gained control of Mesopotamia throughout history. The main society was called
Who are the Sumerians?
500
This farming tool was used to increase yields (how much grain they produced)
What is the plough?
500
This individual, while working extremely hard, could one day buy their freedom
What is a slave?
500
During the summer months, wealthy women often wore long colorful _______
What are dresses?
500
Sumerians worshiped theses people, who they also believed founded each city-state.
What is a deity?
500
This city-state, was said to be the most powerful, and was at one time ruled by Gilgamesh.
What is Uruk?