Mesopotamia Geography
The land of Ancient Mesopotamia between these two rivers?
Tigris & Euphrates River
What was built in Ancient Mesopotamia to worship their gods?
The Ziggurats
What transportation technology were the Mesopotamians the first to invent?
The wheel or the Chariot
City-States were ruled by who?
Kings
What were jobs in Ancient Mesopotamia?
what are farmers, fishers, merchants, traders, artisans, hunters, gatherers
What did the people at the top of the pyramid have?
What is a scribe?
a professional Writer
What was the land called when it was able to produce good crops?
what is fertile
What did the Ancient Mesopotamians believe in?
Many Gods (polytheism)
What agricultural achievements did the Mesopotamians create?
cultivation of soil, irrigation, invention of the plow
Who had control over the surrounding countryside?
city-states
What system did the Mesopotamians use to trade instead of money?
Barter System
Who makes up the Upper Class of Ancient Mesopotamia?
who are kings and priests
How did city-states protect themselves in Mesopotamia?
large armies
they built high walls
they were surrounded by water
What happened each spring to deposit silt that kept Mesopotamian farmland fertile.
The rivers flooded
In Ancient Mesopotamia, What does Polytheism Mean?
Believed in Multiple Gods
Mesopotamians divided an hour into
60 minutes
When a group of people has similar incomes and backgrounds.
what is social class
How did people get items that they didn't have in their own villages?
trading/bartering
Who makes up the Middle Class of Ancient Mesopotamia
who are craftspeople, merchants, and traders
Mesopotamia was in a region also called what?
The Fertile Crescent
What is it called when you bring water to your crops through waterways and ditches?
irrigation
Who did the Mesopotamians believe could talk to their gods and keep them happy?
Priests/Priestesses
Why did the Mesopotamians need to build walls around their villages?
what are they were easy to invade
Who was the city-states primary law-maker and judge?
The King
What did Scribes go to school for in Ancient Mesopotamia?
To learn to write / government officials
Who makes up the Lower Class of Ancient Mesopotamia?
what are farmers, laborers, and enslaved people
In what region of the world would you find Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent?
The Middle East
Which present-day country makes up most of Mesopotamia? Iran, Israel, Egypt, or Iraq
Iraq
What aspects did Gods control of Ancient Mesopotamian's lives?
ALL aspects
What written language did Ancient Mesopotamians Create?
what is Cuneiform
What is someone called when they go to school to learn to write and become government officials?
what are Scribes
What were the 3 classes of Mesopotamia?
what is upper/middle/lower classes
What does the word 'Mesopotamia' mean?
"The Land Between Two Rivers"