Intro to Mesopotamia Facts

On March 21st of each year, there would be a public celebration where the king would be:

• Praised by the people

• Given gold to make the crops grow

• Required to dress like a donkey

• Slapped until he cried

Students learning to be scribes in Mesopotamia were taught be people they called what?

• Wise one

• Big brother

• Teacher

• Master

The school's principal was called:

• Lord

• School Father

• Honorable Man

• Wise Leader

Mesopotamians wrote the first what?

• Farmer's almanac

• Geography Boook

• Book on beauty creams

• Medical texts

Some Mesopotamians had:

• Swimming pools

• Whirlpool baths

• Flush toilets

• Overhead fans

On the first day of the month, it was illegal to do what?

• Look at your wife or the gods will punish you.

• Eat garlic or a scorpion will sting you.

• Work on your crops will fail

• Open your business or you will be beaten.

Instead of praying to the gods for their souls, Mesopotamians:

• Had slaves to pray for them.

• Hired people to pray for them.

• Had statues pray for them.

• Bought the souls of others.

When someone in a wealthy family died, they were usually buried:

• Under the floor of their house

• Under an expensive statue.

• In a funerary cave.

• In the basement of a temple.

Which of the following did Mesopotamians NOT use to tell the future?

• Studying the stars

• Studying the flight of birds

• Studying the intestines of of animals

• Studying the shells of turtles

In order to improve their appearance, Sumerians would:

• Wear cucumbers over their eyes

• Clean their faces with olive oil

• Get tatoos on their faces.

• Rub their faces with stones.