Mesopotamia

What does Mesopotamia mean?

• Land Between the Potamias
• Look! There's Mesopotamia.
• Land Between the Rivers
• Land Between the Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf

What did the Sumerians use to control floods?

• walls around the city
• underground houses
• canals
• flood insurance

He was an Akkadian ruler who was the first to rule an empire. Had a powerful army.

• Hammurabi

• Gilgamesh

• Humbaba

• Sargon

These people in Sumerian society had the role of trying to please the gods

• Scribes
• Kings
• Priests
• Soldiers

The Phoenicians were known for their successful sea trade and spreading what idea around their trade routes?

• gold

• iron weapons

• cedar wood

• alphabet

What idea caused the development of specialized workers in early Sumerian societies?

• food surplus

• polytheism

• Neolithic Revolution

• canals

This term means partnerships:

• tolerance

• respect

• alliance

• drought

This was an ancient writing form that told of city-states that were always fighting.

• Social Hierarchy

• Cuneiform

• Pictoglyphs

• Scribes

The Phoenicians dominated _______ trade across the Mediterranean.

• land
• all
• sea
• air

Which group of people were highest in the social class system of early Mesopotamia?

• priests
• farmers
• slaves
• artisans