Vocab
A fine soil that is used for farming
Silt
Name one of the three geographical features that surrounded Mesopotamia
Rivers, Mountains, and Deserts
The first type of writing created, including 1,200 different symbols
Cuneiform
What were the three classes in Mesopotamians Society?
Upper Class, Middle Class, and Lower Class
The belief in multiple gods or goddesses
Polytheism
Name one of the three types of gods from your notes that Mesopotamians believed in
Job-plowing and brick making
weather- rain and wind
city-state
What did the Mesopotamians use to write with and on
Reeds and Clay
Merchants, Farmers, Craftsmen, and Fishers fell into which class?
The Middle Class
A pyramid like structure with a temple on top
Ziggurat
Name the two rivers that flowed around the Mesopotamians
Tigris and Euphrates
Names two of the Mesopotamians inventions
wheel, sailboat, chariots, 60 minute hours, 60 second minutes, 360 degree circle, and 12 month calender
Prisoners were generally used as what?
Slaves
A large territory or group of many territories governed by one ruler
Empire
Kings of Mesopotamia were believed to live by _______ _______ which meant the gods chose them to rule
Divine Right
Hammurabi's _______ was a set of rules written in stone for all the people to see
Code
What three items attracted merchants to Mesopotamia?
Ivory, Silver, and Gold
A society organized around a centralized government, a means of food production, a system of writing, art and architecture, and job specialization
Civilization
Where is Mesopotamia located in modern times?
The Middle East or Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel
Sargon of Akkad was from what Mesopotamian Empire
Assyria
Trade routes were found between Sumer and what other civilization
Indus River Valley