Mesopotamia Life
System of writing that uses triangular-shaped symbols to stand for ideas or things
cuneiform
What two features gave Mesopotamia it's fertile land to be able to grow food?
The Tigris and Euphrates River
Mesopotamian's are now using this type of tool.
Metal Tools
The second empire was the Babylonian Empire. Who was it who conquered many cities and created it?
Hammurabi
The Assyrian Army was known for its ______ tools.
Iron
Supply water to crops
irrigate
Name 4 of the 8 features of civilization
Cities, public works, writing, established religion, well-organized government, job specialization, arts & architecture, social classes?
What was King Hammurabi most well-known for?
His strict laws (Hammurabi's Code)
Mesopotamia lies between which 2 rivers?
Tigris and Euphrates
Why was it easy to grow food in Mesopotamia?
The fertile soil
A temple to honor the gods and goddesses.
Ziggurat?
What are the "Hanging Gardens of Babylon",and why were they built?
Gardens built by Nebachadneezer II for his wife who was lonely for her homeland (homesick)
A set of laws that governed life in the Babylonian Empire was called...
Hammurabi's Code
The first piece of literature (epic poem) in Mesopotamia.
What is the Epic of Gilgamesh?
Ur, Uruk, Lagash and Kish are all examples of ...
Mesopotamian city-states.
What is polytheism?
The belief in more than one god
What did a scribe do?
wrote documents, and copied documents
Name 3 inventions of the Mesopotamians
wheel, sail, plow
At the top of Mesopotamian social classes were the ______
kings, priests
Which city-state was Sargon the king of?
Kish
A wide, flat plain in present-day Iraq is called...
Mesopotamia
This is the basic principle of justice of Hammurabi's Code.
Eye for an eye
Who created the very first empire?
Sargon
A fine black fertile substance that makes Mesopotamia a good place for farming.
silt
In Babylonia, life revolved around _______.
farming/agriculture