Mesopotamia Review

Question 1

What was the climate in Mesopotamia?

Answer 1

Warm climates and flat land. Limited rainfall with rivers that periodically flooded.

Question 2

Design contributions of Mesopotamia

Answer 2

1. Art
2. Design
3. Architecture
4. Interiors
5. Furniture
6. Hanging Gardens - Seven Wonders of the

Question 3

Where were the agricultural villages located?

Answer 3

The agricultural villages of Sumeria occupied the southern area of Mesopotamia

Question 4

How were gods depicted?

Answer 4

Gods were usually identified with natural phenomena including heavenly bodies, storms and lightning. They different from humans only that they were more powerful and mortal

Question 5

Contributions to Greek civilization

Answer 5

Greek city-states were similar to those of Babylonia and their mathematics, medicine and philosophy owed much to these antecedents

Question 6

The Hanging Gardens

Answer 6

one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and garden thought to have been located near the royal palace of Babylon. Described in detail by a number of classical authors. They were described as having been watered by an exceptional system of irrigation.

Question 7

Architectural developments

Answer 7

1. Molding 3-dimentional designs into brick
2. development and use of fired brick
3. development of the arch and vault
4. development of ziggurats
5. In Western Europe, columns were sometimes placed on the backs of reclining beasts during the medieval and Renaissance periods

Question 8

Mesopotamia Architectural Characteristics

Answer 8

1. Adobe brick construction with some use of fired brick or stone
2. Glaze brick and tiles for external fixings
3. Surfaces covered with relief sculpture
4. Sculpted anthropomorphic figures used as guardians at gates Ziggurats
5. Monumental stairways and gateways
6. Walls surrounding cities, temples and palaces
7. Alternating projections and recesses along walls

Question 9

Mesopotamian Furniture Characteristics

Answer 9

1. raised above the floor on raised or carved supports
2. China seats were high enough to require the use of a footstool, an indication of status
3. constructed of expensive woods and inlaid with precious materials or stone.
4. Animal feet as furniture support
5. use of Stele
6. establishment of custom dining from a small table near a high bed

Question 10

What was the end of the Empire

Answer 10

In 539 BC., the Persians conquered Babylon and the Mesopotamian empire ceased to exist