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Mesopotamia guide
Mesopotamia
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ziggurat | large public buildings |
| Polytheism | belief in more than one god |
| Plateau | an elevatedarea of flat land |
| Plain | a broad area of flat open land |
| City-state | a self governing unit made up of a city and its surrounding villages and farmland |
| Administrator | a manager; one who dirrects a goverment or organization |
| Artisan | a worker who is skilled in making a particular product |
| Epic | a long poem in dignified language that tells the story of a human |
| Nomad | one group of people who moved with their flocks and herds as seasons change to fingd water and pasture |
| Pictograph | a picture that stands for a word or idea; picture writing |
| Cuneiform | wedge shaped characters made with a reed stylus and used in writing several ancient languages |
| Scribe | a prefesional writer or record keeper; a person whos job is to copy documents and manuscripts |
| Empire | a nation and the other nations it has concorded; a poltical unit offend made up over several nations under one leadership |
| What was the climate of Mesopotamia? | very hot summers, little rain, floods, dusty winds |
| How did Sumerians handle the climate? | the flooding spread rich soil, they used irrigation, made dams, cannals, artificial lakes and ponds |
| Who were Sumerian city-states ruled by at first? | Etana ruler of Kish |
| Why did military leaders rise to power as kings in the Sunerian city-states? | (blank) |
| What was Sumerian religion like? | Parched dry land, few resources |
| How did Sumerians practice thier religion? | sent food & animals,attened religious ceremonies, good life |
| What are three exaples of advances that the Sumerians made in new technology? | plow, wheel, sail boat, they mixed copper & tin to get bronze, weapons, traded for metal |
| How did sumerians' forms of writing change over time? (Describe at least three steps) | Tokens: were kept in clay containers called bullae and used to keep trrack of things boug ht and sold. Marks: were made on the outsides of the bullae to keep track of what was inside. Pictograph: were at first pictures of an itemsused in trade. |
| Idenify examples of the mesopotamians existence as a civilization(culture, gov, social levels, ect.) | development of stable agriculture development of trade written records |
| Describe the social classes of ancient Mesopotamia. | 1. the upper, class, which were the nobles, priests, government officials, and warriors, 2. the middle class was made up of merchants, traders, and artisans. 3. lower were the serfs and slaves |
| Put the following events in order: -Development of agriculture -Sargon created the world's first empire -Sumerians began irrigation -Shamshi- Adad build the Assyrian Empire into a trade and millitary power -Hamirabi is king of babylon | 1. Development of agriculture 2. Sumerians began irrigation 3. Sargon created the world's first empire 4.Shamshi- Adad build the Assyrian Empire into a trade and millitary power 5. Hamirabi is king of babylon |
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