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Study Guide- Mesopotamia
What are the 7 components of a civilization:
1._______Government & Law__________________
2.________Religion___________________
3. _______Common Cultural Practices__________________________
4. _______social structure_______________________________
5. ________Specialized workers______________________
6. _________Technology________________________________________
7. ________writing_________________________________________
Mesopotamia is part of the Fertile Crescent. Where is the Fertile Crescent located?
Present day Iraq, the Middle East, between the Tigris & Euphrates rivers
Name FOUR inventions from Sumer (2 farming, 2 technology):
1. Plow
2. Irrigation
3. wheel
4. arch
What is cuneiform? First form of writing in Mesopotamia
Name 4 early Mesopotamian civilizations:
1. Assyria
2. Babylon (Hammurabi)
3. Akkadia (Sargon)
4. Neo- Babylonia (Nebuchadnezzar)
What are the 4 problems faced by early Mesopotamians?
1. Not enough food
2. Uncontrollable water (developed irrigation systems)
3. Maintaining irrigation systems (worked together)
4. Attacks by neighboring communities (built Walls)_
Who ruled the Mesopotamian city-states? Kings Why
were these people so powerful? People thought they
were gods
Why was Hammurabi’s code important? First code of
laws to be written down…applied to all people