Mesopotamia

What does Mesopotamia mean?

• The Land in the Desert

• The Land Between two Rivers

• The Land between the Seas

• The Land Between Two Mountains

What is Hammurabi's Code

• A secret handshake

• A secret language in Babylon

• The first written set of laws

• How the Sumerian traveled

Who was Hammurabi?

• King of Babylon

• A Priest

• A Lawyer

• A Soldier

Mesopotamia is on which continent?

• Asia

• Africa

• Europe

• North America

What are the Two Rivers in Mesopotamia?

• Yangtze and Huang He

• Mississippi and Hudson

• Nile and Tigris

• Tigris and Euphrates

How did they water their crops?

• Carried buckets of water

• Built Irrigation Systems

• Relied on rain

• Prayed to the Gods

The Tigris and Euphrates would often times?

• Flow Backwards

• Turn Red

• Run Dry

• Flood

Women had very little rights or power in Mesopotamia.

• True

• False

What was the First Written Language?

• Heiroglyphics

• Cuneiform

• Chinese

• Aramaic

The first purpose for writing was for?

• Keeping Records of Crops

• Tellings Stories

• Recording History

• Writing Messages