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Social Studies Mesop
Question | Answer |
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The land between two rivers, Tigris and Euphrates. | Mesopotamia |
Lived on the Mediterranean sea; grew powerful because of sailing and trading. | Phoenicians |
The Assyrian capital. | Nineveh |
A city and its surrounding countryside. | City-State |
Worship of one god. | Monotheism |
A ruler of a kingdom or empire. | Monarch |
A division of society by rank or class. | Class System |
Countryside. | Rural |
Picture systems. | Pictographs |
A mixture of rich soil and small rocks. | Silt |
Land with different territories under a single ruler. | Empire |
Long poems that tell the story of a hero. | Epic |
The worship of many gods. | Polytheism |
A large arc of fertile farm land between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea. | Fertile Crescent |
More goods than are needed. | Surplus |
Pyramid shaped temple tower; built tall to honor the gods they believed in. | Ziggurat |
A Man-Made Waterway. | Canal |
Considered to be the world's first emperor; also the first to have a permanent army. | Sargon the Great |
The capital of the Babylonian Empire. | Babylon |
The worlds first writing; invented by the Sumerians. | Cuneiform |
The worlds first city. | Ur |
Writer; becoming one of these was a good way to move up in the social class. | Scribe |
Babylonian king; responsible for creating the worlds first Code of Laws. | Hammurabi |
Wheeled, horse-drawn cart; used by the Hittites and Assyrians in battle. | Chariot |
These people were teachers, doctors, and they talked to the gods. | Priests |
Who made HAMMURABI'S Code | HAMMURABI |
Who were at the top of the social pyramid. | Kings/Queens |
Who were at the top of the social pyramid. (Under King/Queens) | Priests |
Who are in the middle of the social pyramid. | Merchants, skilled craftsman, and blacksmiths |
Who were at the bottom of the social pyramid. | Farmers |
Who were the people at the way bottom of the pyramid. | Slaves |
List at least three inventions that were invented in mesopotamia. | Wheel Canals Plows Writing Bronze tools and weapons Water clock Sewer system around the city ( IF YOU GOT AT LEAST 3 YOU KNOW IT, IF NOT PUT IN THE DON'T KNOW PILE.) |
What was the first story ever written. | The Epic of Gilgamesh |