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Encyclopedia Britannica is an example of what kind of source?
What is a secondary source?
The climate of Mesopotamia...
What is hot and dry?
Gilgamesh's quest on his journey was to find....
What is immortality?
Name the earliest piece of WRITTEN literature that still survives today...
What is The Epic of Gilgamesh?
The structure that was usually in the center of the city-state
What is a ziggurat?
The two rivers that the region of Sumer was located between...
What is the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
The Declaration of Independence is an example of what kind of source?
What is a primary source?
A person who can read and write in Sumeria...
What is a scribe?
Who is Sargon?
Name at least two nicknames for Mesopotamia...
What is:
The Land Between Two Rivers
The Fertile Crescent
The Cradle of Civilization
Sumerian writing is called....
What is cuneiform?
Mesopotamia is located in present day....
What is Iraq?
The sole reason why Mesopotamians were able to have different jobs...
What is having a surplus?
Name at least three responsibilities of a priest/priestess in Mesopotamia
What is collecting taxes, running the city-state, controlling irrigation, handling disputes, praying to the gods, scribes
When several different regions are controlled by one ruler is known as....
What is an empire?
How did Mesopotamians solve the problem of protecting their cities and field from mother nature....
What is learning how to control the flooding/irrigation?
Belief in many gods...
What is polytheism?
Who were considered upper class (name at least three)
Who are priests, kings, wealthy merchants, scribes?
The purpose of the steps on the side of the ziggurat...
What is "allowing the gods to come down to Earth?"
The invention that was essential for Mesopotamia to have successful farms....
What is irrigation of crops?
Hammurabi's Code was a step towards a better government because....
What is, the laws were WRITTEN down so everyone knew what they were?
Material used for most Mesopotamian homes...
What are mud bricks?
How do we know that the Mesopotamians were religious?
The city-state had a ziggurat in the center.
Early rulers of Mesopotamia were priests.
They offered sacrificed and made officering to the gods.
Why Mesopotamians believed that they existed...
What is, to serve the god?
name at least three inventions from Mesopotamians
What are.....
12 month calendar
irrigation, canals, dams
legal system / laws
mathematics based on base 60
measuring
surveying instruments
metal working
plows
the sailboat
wheel / wheeled carts
writing (cuneiform)