Inventions
What was the wheel used for?
used to carry goods and also to used make pottery. Made jobs easier.
What religion do they believe in.
polytheistic
First centralized government
Explain the purpose of Hammurabi’s Code.
It established justice, maintained order, prevented crime, and regulated trade and other aspects of society.
What does the word Mesopotamia mean?
The land between two rivers.
What is the Cuneiform?
first written language using wedge-shaped pictographs on clay tablets.
City-States had dual governments what were the two?
Monarchies and Theocracies
Hammurabi
Made the Hammurabi’s code of laws
How did Hammurabi’s Code enforce a social hierarchy in Babylonian society?
Some laws were unfair in their punishments, particularly in terms of social class and gender. It benefited the upper class.
What rivers were vital to the region of Mesopotamia?
The Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
They created two important mathamatic things what is are they called.
algebra and a numbering system based on 60.
Who is the Monarchie government headed by.
headed by hereditary kings
What was the geography like in Mesopotamia?
Hot and dry climate. Unpredictable flooding caused the rivers to flood while leaving behind silt. This created fertile 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.
Sumerian engineers invented buildings what kind of buildings did they invent.
arch, dome, and vault.
Who is the Theocracies Government headed by.
headed by a Priest-King called a Patesi
What modern-day nations can be found in Mesopotamia?
Iraq and Syria
What was the calander that they invented called.
The twelve month calendar.
How did they view their gods.
They viewed them as selfish and angry for punishing them with floods.
Is the fertile soil protected from flooding.
Fertile soil are protected from flooding.