Mesopotamia
What does fertile mean?
soil that is good for growing crops
The Sumerian farmers grew different types of successful crops. Name at least one.
Possible answers:
What is wheat, barley, dates, corn?
What is one use for the wheel?
Carts, Chariots, Pottery wheel
What is Coach Franklins wifes name?
Kaylee
Small particles of rock, minerals, and soil that are carried in water are...
silt
Who was at the top of the social class?
Kings/Queens
People settled and began communities in this area because of this:
The land was fertile.
Who were the lowest people on the social class pyramid?
Who are the slaves
Another word for farming.
What is agriculture?
This is the worship of many gods.
What is polytheism?
Who are people that sold other items to other people?
Who are the merchants?
Who created the first set of laws?
Hammurabi
The two major rivers in Mesopotamia.
What is the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
Monotheistic
This is a way of supplying water to the land to water crops.
What is irrigation?
what does "division of labor" mean?
different people can start working different jobs. We don't all have to be farmers
Mesopotamia means...
the land between 2 rivers
The writing of the Sumerians
cuneiform
How was society divided in ancient Mesopotamia?
What is social class
A person whose job is copying written information
A scribe
This was the largest building in most Sumerian cities/states made of mud bricks, and was built tall to connect to the heavens.
What is a ziggurat?
A group of countries or territories controlled by a single leader is ....
an empire
Sumerian city/states built a large wall around the city for this reason.
What is protect it from invaders?
Before these were made, flooding was a common and destructive problems for the early Mesopotamians.
What are canals?
Sumerian city/states became economically successful primarily through this with other communities and people.
What is trade?