Mesopotamia unit terms
- 1. Mesopotamia-”The Land Between the Rivers (Tigris and Euphrates)
- 2. In the Middle East-near present day Iraq
- 3. Its settlers were herders from the grasslands of the Arabian Peninsula and the highlands of Turkey.
- 4. 1 st known to control their environment(irrigation)-put holes in levees to get water to crops…Canals were dug to get greater amounts farther distances
- 5. Crops #1- Barley Also, vegetables, fruits, flax, sesame, dates
- 6. City Life Ur- City State built by Sumerians from Sumer
- 7. Walls made of mud and crushed reeds for protection from enemies
- 8. Center of city life was the temple With many people, they had to make laws
- 9. Mesopotamia Unit Terms Civilization-society w/ a developed knowledge of farming, trade, government, art, and science
- 10. Mesopotamia Unit Terms Culture- way of life
- 11. Mesopotamia Unit Terms Artisans-skilled workers
- 12. Mesopotamia Unit Terms Empire-lands ruled by an emperor
- 13. Mesopotamia Unit Terms Ziggurat-Mesopota-mian temple
- 14. Mesopotamia Unit Terms City-state- a city that is also an independent nation
- 15. Mesopotamia Unit Terms Irrigate-to supply dry land w/water
- 16. Mesopotamia Unit Terms Cuneiform-Sumerian wedge-shaped writing
- 17. Mesopotamia Unit Terms Scribe-Sumerian writer
- 18. Sumerian Cities They were city-states Made up of cities w/farmland around it
- 19. Sumerian Cities Religion was the center of Sumerian life.They believed in 3000 gods. Most of these were involving nature.
- 20. Sumerian Learning Only rich boys went to school. Writing (cuneiform) was done w/reeds on clay tablets
- 21. Men and Women Women could buy and sell property and slaves
- 22. Men and Women Men were heads of the house. They could divorce for no reason or even sell their wives and children for up to 3 years. Men arranged marriages for children.
- 23. Children Their job was to OBEY both parents and older siblings, as well as the priest.
- 24. Priests/Kings Priests were usually kings of city-states
- 25. Priests/Kings About 3000 B.C. military leaders began being kings instead.
- 26. Priests/Kings After that, kingship was hereditary.
- 27. 2400 B.C.-Sumer’s glory fades Sargon I created the world’s first empire by defeating Sumerian city-states.
- 29. 2400 B.C.-Sumer’s glory fades After Sargon I died, Hammurabi, King of Babylon and the Amorite people conquered the area all the way to the Mediterranean Sea.
- 30. Hammurabi’s Reforms Improved irrigation Babylonian gods Tax system Gov’t housing CODE OF LAWS
- 32. Hammurabi’s Code Innocent until proven guilty
- 33. Hammurabi’s Code Punishments- fines to death; no prisons
- 34. Hammurabi’s Code Upper class more severely punished
- 35. Mesopotamian Contributions “ Cradle of Civilization”
- 36. Mesopotamian Contributions 1 st written laws
- 40. Mesopotamian Contributions 12-month calendar based on astronomy
- 41. Mesopotamian Contributions Number system based on 60-led to the clock