flash cards for s.s
how many laws did Hammurabi make?
282
what dose Mesopotamia mean?
Mesopotamia mean the land between the rivers
where was farming created?
Mesopotamia
what were the names of the rivers on the side of Mesopotamia
the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
how many gods were there?
over 2,000
how tall was the ziggerats?
close to the heavens
how do they use the ziggerats?
they use them to warship their gods
what was the first system of writing?
Cuneiform
what came first: pictograms or Cuneiform?
pictograms
how long did them to learn writing?
12 years
who made the laws?
Hammurabi
how tall was the ziggerats?
300 feet
where was the ziggerats located?
they were located in the middle of the town.
what was the name of the ziggerat at Babylon?
the name was Etemenanki and it meant Foundation of heaven and Earth.
why was the ziggerat so helpfull?
they were helpful because when a flood hapend they could go to the top of it.
