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| Which landforms covered most of ancient Mesopotamia? |
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| Tigris and Euphrates rivers |
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| The few people in ancient times who could read and write |
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| Name the Mesopotamian inventions: |
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- The wheel
- The sailboat
- Astrology
- The arch
- The potter's wheel
- Telling time (using the knuckles on their fingers and toes) |
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| keep records of business matters |
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| The Assyrians, Sumerians, Chaldeans, and Babylonians lived in |
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is one of the oldest written stories that came from Mesopotamia.
- A summary of the story is the King traveled the world in attempts to defeat a
monster. |
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| Mesopotamia was located in modern day |
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| The Code of Hammurabi was written on what? |
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| a large black stone called a stela |
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is one of the oldest recorded sets of laws.
282 paragraphs of laws were written on this stela.
- They differentiated punishments based on class (wealthy, middle, and slaves). |
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| city-states. These city-states were surrounded by strong walls in order to protect them. Each city-state had its own god and laws. |
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| The groups of people that lived in Mesopotamia at one time in history? |
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| Assyrians, Sumerians, Chaldeans & Babylonians |
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| Mesopotamia city-states had all the following except |
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| a religious ruler called a shaman |
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| Which country exists today in the area that was Mesopotamia? |
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