Mesopotamia - Review Sheet

Question 1

Around what two rivers were Sumerian city-states located?

Answer 1

Mesopotamia lays between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.

Question 2

What country would encompass Mesopotamia/Sumer today?

Answer 2

Mesopotamian/Sumer civilization is located in modern day Iraq and has some small pieces in modern day Turkey and Syria.

Question 3

What type of projects in early Sumerian civilization might have led to more complex civilization and a greater sense of civic association?

Answer 3

Public buildings like temples and public centers of affairs leads to a more complex society. And also it encourages more public projects because it becomes central to everyday affairs.

Question 4

How might have religion helped lead to more advanced human civilizations?

Answer 4

Religion likely influenced early complex architecture because the largest buildings seemed to have been religious buildings.

Question 5

How does Hammurabi’s code inform us about rulers during Ancient Mesopotamia?

Answer 5

see textbook

Question 6

How does Hammurabi’s code indicate the levels of social stratification in Mesopotamian society?

Answer 6

Hammurabi’s code has laws addressing crime and the specific punishments based on who the perpetrator was and who the crime was committed against. If a person from an upper class were to commit a crime against another individual from their class, the punishment would be more severe than if the crime committed was against someone of a lower class than the perpetrator.