Mesopotamia Review

a person who copies or writes out documents; often a record keeper

• Scribe

• Cuneiform

• Polytheism

• Judaism

A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge shaped stylus and clay tablets. The first written language.

• Polytheism

• Monotheism

• Cuneiform

• Monarch

Belief in many gods

• Monotheism

• Polytheism

• Cuneiform

• Judaism

Belief in one God

• Monotheism

• Polytheism

• Ten Commandments

• Empire

first written code/set of laws that all were expected to obey. Posted for all to see.

• Ten Commandments

• Judaism

• Government

• Hammurabi's Code

the monotheistic religion of the Jews.

• Judaism

• Hammurabi's Code

• Social Classes

• Monarchy

A set of laws for responsible behavior, which, according to the Bible, were given to Moses by God.

• Judaism

• Hammurabi's Code

• Government

• Ten Commandments

a group of people who are at a similar cultural, economic, or educational level

• Empire

• Social Classes

• Government

• Monarchy

the ruling authority for a community

• Government

• Monarchy

• Empire

• Monotheism

A government ruled by a king or queen

• government

• Empire

• Monarchy

• Social Classes