Mesopotamia
The Sumerians' counting system was based on these numbers:
Six and ten
What was the earliest known use for the wheel?
Pottery
The belief in many gods
polytheism
city with its own government, religion and laws
city-state
The first group to settle in Mesopotamia
Sumerians
What is a fertile crescent?
land that was good for crops to grow shaped like a cresent
Why did people settle and begin communities in this area?
Excellent land for growing crops
A story about a king traveling the world and killing a monster.
Epic of Gilgamesh
What are some benefits of living by a river?
Fish, rich topsoil, clay for building and reeds to make boats
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?
The Gods being 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 Mesopotamian society?
Kings or people with lots of money.
The people who conquered the Sumerians
The Akkadians
The largest building in most Sumerian cities was a huge mud brick temple called?
ziggurat
What is Mesopotamian writing called?
Cuneiform
What type of people would be found in the lowest class of Mesopotamian society?
slaves
What did the early Mesopotamians build to help with farming?
Irrigation canals
What came before Mesopotamia?
Early Humans - hunter gatherers and farming
Hanging Gardens of _____________
Babylon
Mesopotamia is Greek for:
Land Between Two Rivers
The scribes of Sumer marked picture symbols in pieces of what?
wet clay
Who was the fifth king of Uruk?
Gilgamesh
The Sumerians were also skilled in what?
mathematics and astronomy