geography
What does the word Mesopotamia mean?
The land between two rivers.
Different punishments depending on one’s
social class.
used to carry goods and also to used make pottery. Made jobs easier.
wheel
City-States had
dual governments
City-states were built around large temples known as
ziggurats.
What rivers were vital to the region of Mesopotamia?
The Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
the code was based on
“eye for an eye” principle
first written language using wedge-shaped pictographs on clay tablets.
Cuneiform
Sumer had no
central government thus was weak against outside invasion.
City-states were initially self-sufficient but as they grew were eventually forced to trade with other civilizations for raw materials such as
stone, timber, and metals.
What modern-day nations can be found in Mesopotamia?
Iraq and Syria
how many laws were their
282 laws dealing with all aspects of life
A base-60 number system that gave us the modern divisions of 60 minutes in an hour and 360 degrees in a circle.
Sexagesimal system
what is the list of the socity structure
upper class Patesi,Priests,Nobles,Bureaucrats
middle class Merchants,Artisans
lower class Farmers,Peasants
Population of city-states varied from
20,000 – 250,000
What was the geography like in Mesopotamia?
Hot and dry climate. Unpredictable flooding caused the rivers to flood while leaving behind silt. This createdfertile soil that was good for farming. The Mesopotamians were able to channel floodwaters for irrigation,enabling them to cultivate a surplus and establish a civilization.
Babylonian city-states bid what to have a centeral one code
Combined the laws of all
the Sumerians created complex systems of canals and dikes to control water and irrigate their crops, a vital development for their agricultural society.
Irrigation
Merchants and artisans traded goods among city-states and to other civilizations through
traders
Sargon important Contributions
First centralized government
the climate of ancient mesopotamia was
semi-arid climate with hot, dry summers and mild, rainy winters
Possibly the world’s first is
written legal code.
They invented the first ---- and later a "seeder ----" that could till the soil and plant seeds simultaneously.
the plow
Political system
theocracy and monarchy
Hammurabi Important Contributions
Hammurabi’s code of laws