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November 13, 2009
• Reviewing for our upcoming test• Hammurabi’s Code – Cruel or Fair
• Homework: Start studying for your Mesopotamia test on Tuesday
• Hammurabi Code due on Monday
Ziggurat
• Cuneiform
City-State
This picture shows an area of land that is built up to keep back water.
• Levee
Irrigation
Scribe
Artisan
• This man is a skilledworker as he is
workingwith his hands.
he is a carpenter.what is he called?
When a large area of land is ruled by one person this is there?
• EmpireEmpire
Bartering
• Trading goods and bargaining over how
Much is to spend is called?
Who built the first civilization?
• SumeriansSumerians
SargonSargon
Hammurabi
• AssyriansAssyrians
Nebuchadrezzar
Put these dates in order
• 42 BCE• 1996 BCE• CE 1996• CE 1• 125 BCE• CE 226
What is the nickname of Mesopotamia and why?
• Fertile Crescent…because of Fertile Crescent…because of the great land for farmingthe great land for farming
Who lives where?
Farming
• The main job in
Mesopotamia is?
The Roof
• Where is the door
to this house?
Civil war
• Mesopotamia fell Mesopotamia fell
apart not only apart not only
because theybecause they
were attacked by were attacked by
invaders, but also….invaders, but also….
Mesopotamia believed in many gods this type of religion is called?
• Polytheism
What was the reason for having all the different gods?
• To explain away all the weird events
that were unexplainable
Gilgamesh
• The first story Ever written
Down….First superhero
Priests
ControlledAll of the Land, money,and jobs in the City-state
Iraq
Mesopotamia means
• The land between the rivers
Hanging Gardens of BabylonHanging Gardens of Babylon
The Assyrians brought what to Mesopotamia
• Iron
