Mesopotamia Society

This earliest form of writing that was developed in Mesopotamia to keep track of trade.

• Hieroglypics

• Cuneiform

• Latin

• English

These pyramid shaped structures were built in the center of Mesopotamian city-states and included a temple at the top to honor the god or goddess of the city.

• Zigguruts

• Ziggurents

• Ziggurats

• Ziggurits

This King is credited with having created the first written law code

• Hammurubi

• Hammerstein

• Hammurabi

Belief in many gods and goddesses

• agnostic

• monotheism

• polytheism

• atheism

The name of the oldest written story so far discovered.

• Epic of Gilgamesh

• The Torah

• Temple of Marduk

• The Babylonian Exile

A society controlled be men, or one that favors men, women had very few rights.

• empire

• patriarchal

• Fertile Crescent

• monarchy

Waterways made by humans.

• Silt

• Canals

• Polytheism

• Cuneiform

The method of supplying water to an area of land or crops.

• Fertile Crescent

• Irrigation

• Economic

• Ziggurat

Primary Sources are. . .

• Original documents or objects created at the time period

• Writings, speeches, analysis of an event after it occurred

How did Mesopotamians overcome a semi-arid climate to become successful farmers?

• Created irrigation systems to move water from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers to the crops

• They would plant less crops, so they would use less water

• They actually gave up farming and became hunter-gatherers

• Created better tools to maximize the fertile soil of Mesopotamia