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Location
Mesopotamia
The Land
between the
Rivers
Tigris &
Euphrates
Rivers
Modern-Day
Iraq
Sumer=
Southern
Mesopotamia
Known as the
“Fertile
Crescent”
Government
 Monarchy (1
leader who inherits
power): King of
city-state
 Theocracy
-believed kings were
chosen by the gods
and laws came from
the gods
 King led the army
 Gov. officials =
powerful: collected
taxes, enforced
laws
 Governors ruled
outlying areas
 Scribes recorded
laws and kept track
of government
business
 Officials patrolled
the canals
 Akkadian Empire=
World’s first
empire
 Code of
HammurabiWorld’s 1st written
set of laws
Economy
Traded grain, textiles, and
oils and for wood, precious
metals and stones.
Religion
Paid taxes in grain
believed in
 Believed kings
were chosen by
the gods & laws
came from gods
Social Structure
Upper Class=
priests, land owners,
government officials
 Priests were
powerful
 ziggurat= temple
tower, believed
Middle Class= merchants,
artisans (bronze, copper
workers, leather workers,
weavers), scribes,
 religious
farmers fishermen
 statues prayed
gods lived there
ceremonies
while Sumerians
Lower Class= Servants,
Slaves
Most people were farmers
Agricultural
Practices &
Products
 Polytheistic-
multiple gods
Traded with Egypt & India
Technology
were busy
Developed the
o potter’s wheel
o wheel
o carts
o chariots
o plow
o arch
o irrigation systems
o battering ram
o 12 month year
o algebra
o Base 60 number system
-60 minute
hour
-24 hour day
-360° circle
ART
 metalworkers- weapons, cups,
jewelry
 architect- designed temples &
ziggurats
 music-instruments (lyre,
drums) & singing
WRITING
 Cuneiform= writing with
wedge shaped stylus
700 symbols standing for ideas
& sou
PRACTICES
 Plows
powered by
oxen
 Irrigation
system
brought water
PRODUCTS
 Grew wheat,
barley, beans,
vegetables &
fruit (figs,
apples,
melons, dates,
grapes)
 raised cattle,
sheep
 meat,
milk, &
cheese
Location
Mesopotamia
The Land
_____________
the Rivers
Tigris &
_____________
Rivers
Modern-Day
__________
Sumer=
____________
Mesopotamia
Known as the
“____________
Crescent”
Government
 Monarchy (1
leader who
________ power):
King of city-state
 Theocracy
-believed kings were
chosen by the
_______ and laws
came from the gods
 King led the
____________
 Gov. officials =
powerful: collected
____________,
enforced laws
 Governors ruled
_________ areas
 Scribes
______________
laws and kept track
of government
business
 Officials patrolled
the ____________
 ____________
Empire= World’s
first empire
 Code of
HammurabiWorld’s 1st written
_______________
Economy
Traded ___________, oils
and ______________ for
______________, precious
metals and stones.
Traded with Egypt &
______________
Paid taxes in __________ &
_______________
Religion
believed in
______________
______
 Believed kings
were chosen by
_________ &
came from gods
Upper Class=
____________, land
_____________, government
officials
Middle Class= merchants,
____________ (bronze,
copper workers, leather
workers, weavers), scribes.
_____________, fishermen
 Priests were
___________
 _______________
_____= temple
tower, believed
gods lived there
 religious
ceremonies
 statues
Lower Class= Servants,
Slaves
_______________
while Sumerians
Most people were
________________
Agricultural
Practices &
Products
 Polytheistic-
___________
Social Structure
Technology
were busy
Developed the
o potter’s wheel
o _________
o carts
o __________
o plow
o __________
o irrigation systems
o battering ram
o 12 month _________
o algebra
o Base 60 number system
-60 minute
hour
-24 hour day
-360° circle
ART
 metalworkers- weapons, cups,
______________
 _________________designed temples & ziggurats
 music-instruments
(_________, drums) &
singing
WRITING
 Cuneiform= writing with
______ shaped stylus
_____ symbols standing for
ideas & sou
PRACTICES
 Plows
powered by
__________
 Irrigation
system
brought
___________
PRODUCTS
 Grew wheat,
___________
_, beans,
vegetables &
fruit
(_______,
apples,
melons,
___________,
grapes)
 raised cattle,
sheep
 meat,
___________,
& cheese