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Name: Johnathan hunter Due Date: 10-5
MESOPOTAMIA WEBQUEST
Learning Target: I can describe the culture of ancient Mesopotamia including religion, social classes, jobs,
art, and architecture and region.
Now click on the ‘History’ tab and go to Sumer.
1. Mesopotamia was first settled by the sumerians around 3500 BCE
2. What were some other cities built in Sumer at that time? Ur Uruk Lagush Kish These are called CityStates
3. They all shared the same culture but they had their own rulers/kings, gods and laws and laws
4. King sargon of Akkad attacked Sumer around 2350 BCE and created the world’s first empire. The
Akkadian Empire didn’t last long due to fighting, invasions, and famine./
5. What group took over next? Babylons
6. Who was their King? King Hammurabi
7. For what was he most famous? He was one of the first write down a set of laws
8. How many laws were in Hammurabi’s Code? 282
9. What civilizations came after Babylon? Give a brief description of each. (May copy and paste)
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Hittites (Hit-tights)--most famous for inventing the chariot and iron weapons, which helped them to be fierce
fighters
Assyrians (Uh-see-ree-uhns)--experienced soldiers with advanced weapons; feared throughout the region
because of their cruelty: they were known to torture citizens and burn cities to the ground during battles
Now click on the ‘Inventions’ tab.
10. What was the first writing system invented by the Sumerians called?
cuniform
11. Since it did not rain much, what system did Mesopotamians use to
help grow their crops? They used irrigation systems
12. What did they use the pulley system for?
13. Name some other inventions and what they were used for.
Now click on the ‘Daily Life’ tab.
14. List the social classes in Mesopotamia from highest to lowest.
Upper lower and slaves
15. From each of the following social classes, list one job that a person could have.
Upper: priests and soldiers
Lower: they were farmers merchans and traders
Slaves: work for the rich people
16. Name two things priests were responsible for. Making sure everyone behaved and make gods happy
17. In ancient Mesopotamia, what did a man in the upper class
look like? Very nice looking nice looking wealthy and rich
18. Could Mesopotamians move up, or down, the social classes?
They could not move up or down in Mesopotamia classes
19. How did one become a slave in Mesopotamia?
When one city state cocnores another
20. True or False: Some ancient Mesopotamians lived in huts.
false