Mesopotamian Civilization

Question 1

What is cuneiform?

Answer 1

Relating to the wedge-shaped characters using ancient writing system of Mesopotamia

Question 2

What is dyke?

Answer 2

a barrier used to regulate water from a river etc

Question 3

What is emergence?

Answer 3

become known

Question 4

What is Hammurabi Code?

Answer 4

a Babylonian law established in 18th BC to deal with criminal and civil matters

Question 5

What is Polytheism?

Answer 5

belief in more than one god

Question 6

What are sedentary communities?

Answer 6

the practice of living in one place for a long time

Question 7

What is Sumerians?

Answer 7

the people of southern Mesopotamia whose civilization flourished
Means- Lands of civilized Kings

Question 8

What is ziggurats?

Answer 8

a massive built structure in ancient Mesopotamia for religious practices

Question 9

What was the area they inhabited called and why?

Answer 9

Cradle of civilization because it was the very first civilization have been in existence

Question 10

What is the social aspect of this civilization?

Answer 10

They lived in mud houses

Question 11

What is the economical aspect of this civilization?

Answer 11

Sailed on rivers for trading

Participated in barter trading

Question 12

What is the political aspect of this civilization?

Answer 12

King Hammurabi’s law

Structured Laws

Question 13

What is the religious aspect of this civilization?

Answer 13

Ziggurats

Buried Royal with jewelry

Question 14

What are the invention and technological aspects of this civilization?

Answer 14

First writing system
Time
Calendar
Pottery