Mesopotamia

Pyramid shaped temple

• Ziggurat

• City-state

• Code of Hammurabi

• Cuneiform

Central city and its surrounding farmland

• Ziggurat

• City-state

• Mesopotamia

• Cultural Hearth

Land between two rivers

• Cultural Hearth

• Mesopotamia

• Cuneiform

• City-state

Long, fictional story written in cuneiform

• Ziggurat

• Code of Hammurabi

• Cultural Hearth

• Epic of Gilgamesh

First known written laws

• Ziggurat

• Cuneiform

• Code of Hammurabi

• Epic of Gilgamesh

World’s first writing system

• Cuneiform

• Epic of Gilgamesh

• Mesopotamia

• Ziggurat

Civilization in Mesopotamia developed between which two rivers?

• the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean
• the Tigris and the Persian Gulf
• the Persian Gulf and the Euphrates
• the Euphrates and the Tigris

Which of the following were members of the upper class?

• kings and priests
• artisans
• merchants and traders
• scribes

The few Sumerians who learned how to write often held high positions in society as what?

• artisans
• scribes
• heads of households
• merchants

What was the main religion of the Sumerians?

• Monotheism
• Christianity
• Polytheism
• Judaism