Mesopotamia Flashcards
A complex society made up of city’s , organized government, art, religion, class division , and writing system
Civilization
Irrigation
Method of bringing water to a field from another place to water crops
Astisan
Skilled craftsmen
Sumerian system of writing made up of wedge shaped markings
Cuneiform
Scribe
Record keeper
Empire
Group of territory’s under a single ruler or government
Monotheism
One God
Polytheism
Many gods
A grand temple
Ziggurat
Kind of Akkadians
Sargon
King of Babylon
Hammurabi
Hammurabi was famous for
Law code
Code was far
Brought order and justice to society
Touched every aspect of life
Code was cruel
Allowed no explanation from a accuser
Different punishments for different class structure
What body of water do the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers flow
Persial gulf
What four bodies of water were important to the Fertile Crescent
Persial gulf
Mediterranean
Tigris
Euphrates
What is Mesopotamia mean in Greek
Between the river
Where is this area today
Iraq
What are three main reasons why the first Civilization arose in river valley
Good for farming, freshwater, fish, easy to trade
What did early governments do
Food supplies, made laws, assembled in army
Give at least three inventions developed by the ancient Sumerians
Cuneiform
Tools
Plow
