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Ancient Mesopotamia
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Geography
of
Sumerians
Mesopotamia
Writing and
Culture
People and
The Law
Misc.
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What term means
land between the
rivers?
Mesopotamia
What two rivers
did Mesopotamia
develop on?
Tigris and
Euphrates
Ancient Mesopotamia
was mostly in the area
where what three
modern countries are
today?
Iraq, Syria, and
Turkey
What was the
earliest civilization
in the world?
The Sumerians
What were the
three areas within
Mesopotamia?
Assyria, Akkad,
and Sumer.
What did the
Sumerians build
their houses out of?
Sun-dried clay
bricks
What was steppyramid temple
called?
A ziggurat
What is a
polytheistic
religion?
A belief in many
gods.
What is a
theocracy?
Rule by religious
leaders.
What were three
transportation and
farming tools the
Sumerians were the
first to use?
The wheel, sail,
and plow.
What was ancient
Sumerian wedgeshaped writing
called?
Cuneiform
What is the most
well known piece of
Mesopotamian
literature?
The Epic of
Gilgamesh
What was the
number base for
Sumerian
mathematics?
60
What site in
Mesopotamia was
listed as one of the
Seven Wonders of the
World?
The Hanging
Gardens of
Babylon
What is a citystate?
A city with political
and economic
control over the
surrounding
countryside.
Who wrote the
earliest known
written code of
law?
Hammurabi
Who created the
world’s first
empire?
Sargon
Under the first code
of law, what group
of people received
better treatment
under the law?
The Upper Class
Under the first code
of law, who had more
rights, men or
women?
Men
Under the first code
of law, who arranged
marriages?
The parents.
How is our
timekeeping today
effected by
Sumerian math?
60 seconds in a
minute, 60 minutes
in an hour.
What were the
religious record
keepers known as?
Scribes
Who were the only
people educated in
Sumerian schools?
Upper class boys.
What phrase states
the punishment
must fit the crime?
An eye for an eye.
What roundtopped structures
were the Sumerian
the first to perfect?
The Dome and the
Arch.
Make your wager
The main gods of
the Sumerians
were found in the
stars. What are
these called today?
The signs of the
Zodiac (or
Astrology or the
Horoscope)