Mesopotamia

The Sumerian writing system was called __________.

• Sargon

• Cyrillian

• cuneiform

• hieroglyphics

Who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life?

• Hammurabi

• Gilgamesh

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Ninevah

record keepers who often kept records for government officials

• irrigation

• nomads

• ziggurat

• scribes

a city with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside

• City-State

• Country

• Villiage

• Culture

What modern day country is Mesopotamia mostly in?

• India
• Egypt
• China
• Iraq

What does Mesopotamia mean?

• "the land between the rivers"

• "the land between the trees"

• "the land between the seas"

• "the land between the floods"

People started to specialize in certain jobs and this led to the creation of __________ which were very strict/rigid.

• ziggurats

• social classes

• religious ceremonies

• kings

Ancient Mesopotamians believed in polytheism. What is polytheism?

• belief in many gods

• belief in no god

• belief in one god

• belief in kings

Punishments under the Code of Hammurabi

• were more harsh for people of lower social classes.

• stressed reform rather than retribution for crimes.

• did not cover domestic/family concerns.

• did not apply to the upper class.

A Sumerian temple to honor their chief god was called a

• scribe.
• cradle.
• Gilgamesh.
• ziggurat.