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02 - Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia 6th grade

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Mesopotamia was located on this continent Asia
Good for growing Fertile
Very fertile soil; left after a flood silt
To move water irrigate
Mesopotamia writing cuneiform
Belief in many gods polytheism
Building in center of each city ziggurat
This person helped the king & had to keep the gods happy priest
People who learned how to write scribes
A writing tool used by scribes stylus
Wrote the first laws Hammurabi
These people had the hardest life. They worked for free & had no rights Slaves
Most people earned a living by farming
River in west Mesopotamia Euphrates
River located in east Mesopotamia Tigris
Modern day country for Mesopotamia Iraq
Long period of time without rain drought
Land between two rivers Mesopotamia
This person was in charge of the government in Mesopotamia king
Land ruled by a king citystate
Source made in the time we are studying: ancient ziggurat primary
Source used many years later to learn: class website secondary
Helpful invention for farming; pulled by an animal plow
Invention that allowed for faster travel and trade on water sailboat
People today call this region the MiddleEast
A government with a king or queen monarchy
An extra supply surplus
Created by: jillrausch
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