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Mesopotamia Jeopardy Review Questions Blab That Vocab Geography Mania Yes! I did that. Who am I? Teacher Choice 100 A Sumerian city-state consisted of the city, the surrounding mud brick wall, and the surrounding farmland. Name the two rivers of Mesopotamia? Tigris and Euphrates The Sumerians based their counting system on what number? 60 A professional writer in Mesopotamia was called a? scribe Mesopotamia means "the land between the rivers" 200 In order to control the destructive seasonal flooding of the rivers Rivers, the ancient Sumerians constructed levees, or raised areas of earth, in order to hold back the floodwaters The ziggurat was a temple. It was located in the center of each Sumerian city-state. It housed the city-state's patron god. Mesopotamia is located in what modern day country? Iraq This Sumerian invention allowed farmers to cultivate larger areas of land more quickly? plow I am the only person allowed in the temple? Priest The Fertile Crescent is a boomerang shaped region that extends from the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. How did the Sumerians solve the problem of flooding? They used gated ditches and levees. This invention allowed Sumerian architects to add more strength and beauty to structures. Arches The lowest class in Sumer was made up of? Slaves Mesopotamia is often referred to as the "cradle of civilization" because the world's first civilization occurred there Sumerians wrote on what? Clay tablets Sumerians used guffas to travel on the river to trade. I created the world’s first law Code. King Hammurabi 300 400 The ancient Sumerians created the world's first writing system known as cuneiform. 500 A stylus is a wedge-shaped instrument made out of reed. Grain, oils and textiles were exported from Mesopotamia. This invention allowed the Sumerians to travel easier to different areas to trade goods. Wheel Archaeologists study the artifacts and remains of past civilizations. 600 The belief in many gods is called what? Polytheism Cylinder seals were rolled over documents, containers to show ownership. Gilgamesh is one of ancient Mesopotamia's most legendary historical figures. He was a heroical priestking from the Sumerian city-state of Uruk. 700 A large community that has a stable food supply, specialized jobs, social levels, government, and a culture-civilization- Sumerian cities were isolated from each other by geography. Beyond the areas of settlement lay mudflats and patches of scorching desert. This terrain made travel and communication difficult. In Mesopotamia the economy was largely based on farming. They recorded the positions of the planets and stars and developed a 12-month calendar based on the cycles of the moon. Around 2300 B.C., Sargon I created the world's first empire in the area of ancient Mesopotamia. The world's oldest known story comes from Sumer. It is called the Epic of Gilgamesh 800 The fine soil deposited by rivers, that created fertile farmland in Mesopotamia-- Silt Another invention was the sailboat, which replaced muscle power with wind power. Slaves were prisoners of war, criminals, or people who had to pay off their debts. The word ziggurat means "mountain of god" or "hill of heaven." 900 A long poem that tells the story of a hero. Epic The mud bricks helped insulate homes and keep the cooler in the hot, dry climate. People often sleep where ? Roofs Name the two important rivers of Mesopotamia. Tigris and Euphrates The Mesopotamians enjoyed music and had many instruments, including the harp, reed pipes, drums, lyre ( name two) These laws were based on an “eye for an eye”. They were written down on clay tablets and read to the people. Code of Hammurabi Poorer people of Mesopotamia had two staple foods. Name them. Barley and wheat Mesopotamians traded their surplus grain for stone, wood, metal It is believed that I ordered the Hanging Gardens of Babylon to be built for my homesick wife. - King Nebuchadnezzar What led to the collapse of Mesopotamia? Warring between the city-states and excessive amounts of salt in the farmland due to irrigation practices and erosion. 1000 An edubba is a Sumerian school where young boys learned reading, writing, and arithmetic. The first civilizations arose in river valleys because good farming conditions made it easy to feed large numbers of people. The rivers also made it easy to travel from one place to another and to trade. Trade provided a way for goods and ideas to move from place to place. Only a few people–mostly boys from wealthy families– learned how to write. After years of training, they became scribes, or record keepers. Scribes held honored positions in society, often going on to become judges and political leaders. Sumerian city-states often went to war with one another. They fought to gain glory and to control more territory. For protection, each city-state did what? surrounded itself with a wall. Money was not used in Mesopotamia. What system was used? Barter