Mesopotamia
The two rivers that are essential to Mesopotamia were the ...
Tigris and Euphrates
Because Sumer was flat and open, the people built this type of structure around cities for protection.
City walls
Hammurabi ruled this city-state, which became a center for trade along the Euphrates River.
Babylon
The people of Mesopotamia were able to meet their needs through . . .
trading
The Sumerians divided labor so that some people became farmers, builders, and these trained writers.
Scribe
The need to protect farmland and trade routes from flooding and enemies led Hammurabi to build these structures.
Canals and Levees
Writing and record-keeping spread across Mesopotamia on clay tablets written in this early form of writing.
Cuneiform
Each Sumerian city and its surrounding farmland formed this kind of independent political unit.
City-state
Hammurabi’s laws were written on this durable material so everyone could see them.
Stone Stele
Because the rivers often flooded unpredictably, Mesopotamians developed this system to control water flow to their crops.
Irrigation
The most important building in a Sumerian city was this temple, believed to connect heaven and earth.
Ziggurat
The Code of Hammurabi was an innovation because it was one of the first to do this.
First set of recorded laws
The development of this simple machine helped Mesopotamians transport goods and people more easily.
wheel
In Sumerian society, kings claimed their power came from these divine beings.
gods
The Code of Hammurabi is based on this principle: “an eye for an eye.”
equal punishment