Social classes
How many social classes are there
4
What rivers surround mesopotamia
Tigris and Euphrates rivers
What is cuneiform mostly shaped out of
Triangles
How many letters in cuneiform
26
What is a hierarchy
A system built on ranks
What are the names of each social class
Royal class, Upper class, Middle class and Lower class
Why was the Fertile crescent great for farming
Because of their rich soil by floods
Who created the first set of laws
Hammurabi
What did Hammurabi do to keep justice and order
Create Hammurabi's code
What is cuneiform usually written on
Clay tablet
Which social class do scribes go into
Upper class
What is the desert called in the Fertile crescent
Arabian Desert
How did they track the history
Cuneiform
What did mesopotamia do to make their farming better
Irrigation
Name one of the first two civilization in mesopotamia
Sumerians or Ubaidians
Where would a toolsmith go in the social classes
Middle class
What city-state did Hammurabi rule
Babylonia
When was mesopotamia created
4000 BC to 5000 BC
Name one of the greatest inventions of mesopotamia
Cuneiform or the wheel
The largest building in most Sumerian cities was a huge mud brick temple called?
Ziggurats
Why were priest in the Upper class
Because they were believed to be able to talk to gods
Name all the seas in the fertile crescent
Caspian sea, Mediterranean sea, Persian Gulf and Red sea
Who was the first king of mesopotamia
Sargon of Akkad
Name both subjects mesopotamia was advanced in
Mathematics and Astronomy
Persian emperor known for creating 1,500 miles of roads in order to send messages and increase trade within his empire.
Darius