Chapter 1 - Mesopotania Flashcards
Define: Babylon
The chief-city of Hammurabi’s empire.
Define: Artisan
A person skilled in a craft.
Define: City-state
A Sumerian city and it’s surrounding land.
Define: Culture
A way of life.
Define: Coneiform
A wedge-shaped Sumerian writing system
Define: Euphrates
A river bordering Mesopotamia.
Define: Gilgamesh
A legendary-hero in the Sumerian culture.
Define: Scribe
A person skilled in writing.
Define: Ur
The leading state of Sumer.
Define: Ziggurat
A Sumerian temple with many levels.
The land of Mesopotamia in ancient times is today part of _____?
Iraq
The Sumerians settled in Mesopotamia in about ______.
3500 B.C.
The Sumerians took an important step in changing their physical environment by ____________.
Controlling floods on the rivers.
At the center of each Sumerian city-state was a temple, which was ______.
The home of the city’s chief god.
In Sumerian society, the middle class included __________.
Artisans and Shopkeepers.
_________, a ___ from ______ ________ conquered the city-states of ________
Sargon I, a king from northern Mesopotamia conquered the city-states of Sumer.
As a ruler, Hammurabi is best remembered for creating a _______.
Written code of law.
When Sargon I united the conquered city-states, __________.
He created the worlds first empire.
The oldest written records know come from __________.
The culture of Sumer.
Contributes of Mesopotamia were the _____________.
Wheel, Plow, Sailboat, 12-month calendar, cuneiform writing, and number system based on 60.
