Question | Answer |
Where was Mesopotamia located? | Mesopotamia was located between the Asia Minor and the Persian Gulf. |
What does Mesopotamia mean in Greek? | It means between the rivers |
What rivers is Mesopotamia between? | Euphrates and the Tigrus |
How did Mesopotamia take care of all the floods? | They built canals and had an irrigation system |
Describe Hammurabi's Code. | Hammurabi's Code was a set of 282 laws that default with almost every part of daily life. |
What is a monarch? | a monarch is a ruler of a kingdom or empire |
Name an achievement for the Akkadian empire. | effective military strategies |
Who developed the code of laws? | Hammurabi |
Who first took over Mesopotamia? Who was their leader? | Sumer and their leader was Sargon |
Which empire with the hanging gardens achievement? | Neo- Babylonians |
what is a ziggurat? | a pyramid-shaped temple tower where people worshiped their gods and had ceremonies. |
what is silt? | silt is a mixture of small rocks and rich soil brought to the land by rivers |
What was the first form of writing? | pictographs |
What is polytheism? | the belief in or worship of many gods. |
Name an achievement that the Babylonians had. | the code of laws |
What are the code of laws? | It was a set of laws that covered most situations and a solution to solve that situation. |
Name a achievement that the Assyrian empire had. | their fierce weapons, cruelty, and the perfection for the use of horses and iron weapons in battle |
What cultural beliefs did the Assyrian empire have. | their artists were known for their two-dimensional sculptures |
Who developed the world's first civilization? | Sargon the ruler of Sumer |
Politically, how was Sumerian society organized? | Top: Kings, Priests, Merchants, Government officials
Middle: Merchants, artisans, farmers, and fishers
Bottom: slaves
all of these equal social hierarchy |
What invention most affected the food supply in Sumer? | complex irrigation system |
Who believed to choose the kings? | Many Gods |