Mesopotamia

"the land between the rivers"; an early civilization between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

• China
• India
• Egypt
• Mesopotamia

Cities that grew and gained political and economic control over the lands around them.

• City-State

• Country

• Villiage

• Culture

Belief in more than one god

• Polytheism
• Monotheism
• Theocracy
• Theology

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Sumerian writing system. They would carve symbols into clay tablets.

• Heiroglyphics

• Cuneiform

• Sumerian

• Sanskrit

King of Babylon (city-state in Mesopotamia) who wrote the code of Hammurabi, the first set of written laws.

• Gilgamesh

• Sargon

• Hammurabi

• Sumer

Canals that were dug so that water would flow to crops. They would build dams to control seasonal flooding. What vocab word is this?

• Fertile Crescent

• polytheism

• cuneiform

• irrigation

What are the two main rivers in Mesopotamia?

• Tigris and Nile
• Tigris and Amazon
• Tigris and Euphrates
• Euphrates and Mississippi

Why was writing first invented?

• for texting

• to write stories

• for fun

• to keep records/ help with trade

What modern day country is Mesopotamia mostly in?

• India
• Egypt
• China
• Iraq

Each Sumerian city-state was considered a state in itself, with its own god and government. It was its own country.

• True

• False