Mesopotamia
A group of people who have a complex and organized society within a culture.
Civilization
What is an area of flat land called?
Plain
Mesopotamians used these two items to make bricks for building.
mud and straw
This is the worship of many gods.
What is polytheism
A family that rules for many generations is known as a what?
dynasty
A large territory consisitng of many different places all under the control of a single ruler is called a what?
empire
What is the climate like in Mesopotamia?
hot and dry
A city that is an individual unit, complete with its own form of government and traditions is called a what?
city-state
Who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life?
Who is Hammurabi.
People were divided into groups by their wealth and importance. These groups are called
Social classes
Warlike people, mostly known for their military inventions
Assyrians
This person created the first Empire in Mesopotamia.
King Sargon
Sumerian city/states built a large wall around the city for this reason.
What is protect it from invaders
A professional writer in Mesopotamia was called a what?
scribe
This was the capital of the Babylonian Empire.
Babylon
A large arc of fertile land that was good for growing crops.
The Fertile Crescent?
Farmers dug trenches and ditches to bring water to their fields. This was called what?
Irrigation
A skillful craftsman that builds things from hand is called a what?
Artisan
The form of writing in Mesopotamia tha used lines and wedges with a wooden stylist was called what?
Cuneiform
The set of 282 laws based on an eye for and eye was called what?
Code of Hammurabi or Hammurabi's Code
This was the largest building in most Sumerian city-states. They were made of mud bricks, and were built tall to connect to the heavens.
a ziggurat
Name the two life-giving rivers in the Fertile Crescent.
Tigris and Euphrates
The Fertile Crescent spanned from which gulf to which sea
Persian Gulf to Mediterranean Sea
What are 3 things that make up a civilization? There are more than three but give three things.
customs, government, food supply, social divisions, religion, and technology
A large, heavy wheeled weapon that was used to reduce a city wall to rubble and was created by the Assyrians was known as a what?
battering ram