Mesopotamia
"The skills and knowledge it took to make things/products and meet goals" is the definition for what word?
What is technology?
The Mesopotamians traded what they had in surplus of what?
What is wheat, barley, and copper tools?
Did hunter-gatherers have a hierarchy?
No, they shared everything evenly.
What is a hierarchy?
A system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.
What is a system of canals and aqueducts that brought drinking water to people and brought water to crops.
irrigation
What is a fertile crescent?
land that was good for crops to grow
Why did people settle and begin communities in this area, now known as Iraq?
Excellent land for growing crops
Prisoners of war, people who needed to pay off debt, or people who were punished for crimes they committed were called what?
What are slaves?
What is one of Hammaurabi's laws?
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What were the earliest set of laws called?
The Code of Hammurabi
The people of Sumer thought that floods and natural disasters were signs of what?
What is the gods were angry with them?
Mesopotamia is known as the "Cradle of __________"
Civilization
What are the names of the two rivers Mesopotamia is between
Tigris and Euphrates
What types of people would be found in the highest level of a stratified society?
Kings or people with lots of money.
What is the danger when a civilization lives near large rivers?
They can have floods.
The largest building in most Sumerian cities was a huge mud brick temple called?
What is a ziggurat?
What is Mesopotamian writing called?
Cuneiform
What type of people would be found in the lowest level of a stratified society?
Labourers and slaves
According to the Code of Hammurabi,
What is a dowry?
A dowry is money and/or something of value given by the woman (her family) to marry her future husband.
What came before Mesopotamia?
Early Humans - hunter gatherers and farming - Paleolithic Era
What was an astronomers job?
They documented movement of the stars and planets and reported to the King
Mesopotamia is Greek for: (hint: it surrounds them)
Two Rivers
At first the scribes of Sumer marked picture symbols in pieces of what?
What is wet clay?
How many laws did the Code of Hammurabi contain?
282 laws
If a ___ ___ strike the body of another ____ ____, he shall pay one gold mina.
free-born man