Definitions
Geography
Achievements
Growth & Government
Important Information
100
To believe in many gods is called ____________.
Polytheisim
100
What two rivers run through Mesopotamia?
Tigris & Euphrates
100
Sumerians used units of ____ to measure time.
60
100
What is the name of the first Civilization in Mesopotamia?
Sumer (Sumerians)
100
Mesopotamia is also known as:
Land Between Two Rivers
Fertile Crescent
200
Fine, fertile soil is called _________.
Silt
200
Label Mesopotamia on this map:
200
What is the name of the temple in the center of every Mesopotamian City-State?
Ziggurats
200
_____________-- a city and the surrounding farmland that is governed by its own leader.
City-State
200
Name three tools or techniques that improved farming for Sumerians.
Irrigation, Metallurgy, Plows, Sickles, Hoes, or the Wheel
300
First form of written language was called ________.
Cuneiform
300
______________ routes connect lands beyond the Fertile Crescent
Caravan
300
Who was tasked with building Ziggurats?
Slaves
300
What is a government with a leader whose power is inherited through a royal bloodline?
Monarchy
300
What was the worlds first set of written laws called?
Code of Hammurabi
400
The mixing of metals is called _________.
Metallurgy
400
River valleys provided what three things:
(a)
(b)
(c)
River valleys provided
(a) fertile soil.
(b) dependable water source.
(c) natural resources.
400
What was the name of someone who records information a clay Tablet and what tool do they use?
Scribe & Stylus
400
Name two ways animals helped the Sumerians
Labor for farming
Transportation for Trade
400
What social class became important as trade increased between City-States?
Merchant Class
500
What is an Epic?
What was the name of the first Epic ever written?
An epic is a long poem that tells the story of a hero.
Epic of Gilgamesh
500
What four Modern Day countries make up Mesopotamia?
Iraq, Syria, Turkey, Iran
(Kuwait)
500
In Order What were the Developments of the Sumerian Civilization
FIRST-
SECOND-
THIRD-
FOURTH-
Development of the Sumerian Civilization
FIRST Agricultural practices improved.
SECOND Not everyone was needed for farming.
THIRD Artisans specialized in a trade.
FOURTH Trading centers grew into cities
500
The Sumerian government was responsible for what three things?
1. making laws.
2. building irrigation systems.
3. establishing trade.
500
What two civilizations gained power in Mesopotamia and created the world’s first empires.
Akkadians – 1st World empire ruled by Sargon the Great from 2334 BC to 2279 BC.
Babylonians – 2nd World empire in Mesopotamia ruled by King Hammurabi from 1792 BC to 1750 BC.