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Mesopotamia
19 cards·by bethahaug
ancientcivilization
Why were river valleys important?
The 1st civilizations arose in River Valleys.
Why did good farming conditions help create civilizations?
It made it easy to feed many people.
What was made easier by living near rivers?
trade and transportation
What was important about the rise of Sumer?
The developed irrigation to control the river and water their crops.
What is a city-state?
A city and the land around it - it functioned as a mini country.
What is the relationship between Gods and Rulers?
Sumerian rulers were thought to be holy people.
Sumerians built ???? to honor Gods?
Ziggurats
What was the most important factor in how Sumerians lived?
Social classes
Who was in the upper class?
kings, priests, government officials
Who was in the middle class?
artisans, merchants, farmers, fishers
Who was in the lower class?
slaves, prisoners of war, debtors, criminals
Why was writing important to the Sumerians?
people needed to keep records and pass on ideas.
What was the writing the Sumerians invented called?
Cuneiform
Who learned to write?
only scribes and rich/smart people wrote
What was the name of the world's first story?
Epic of Gilgamesh
What were some of the Sumerians inventions?
wagon wheel, sailboat, 12 month calendar, plow, number system based on 60
Who was Sargon?
Akkadian leader, world's first empire
Who is Hammurabi?
Head of Babylonian Empire
When was Sargon and the Akkadian empire?
2340 BC