What does Mesopotamia mean?
land between the rivers
Mesopotamia is between which two rivers?
Tigris and Euphrates
What are the two main territorial regions called?
Lower Mesopotamia and Upper Mesopotamia
I'm a Sumerian, which territorial region am I from?
Lower Mesopotamia
I'm an Assyrian, which territorial region am I from?
Upper Mesopotamia
I'm an Akkadian, which territorial region am I from?
Lower Mesopotamia
Name one of the most important city-states (there are 3)
Uk, Uruk, & Lagash
Who was the king of the Babylonians?
King Hammurabi
The name of the people who invaded, then ruled Mesopotamia in the years 2300-1830 BCE?
The Akkadians
The name of the people who established themselves between the Sumerian and Akkadian territories in the years 1830-1530 BCE?
The Babylonians
What is the name of a single city and its surrounding rural dependent territories (for example in Mesopotamia, Ur and Uruk)?
A city-state
The name of the people who conquered Mesopotamia in 539 BCE and integrated them into an extensive empire, marking the end of Mesopotamia?
The Persians
What do you call the practice of watering the land so that crops, or other plants, will grow?
Irrigation supplying
Livestock production was based on breeding which types of animals?
Sheep, pigs, goats, and horses
During the Sumerian period, this person had political and religious power in each of the city-states of Mesopotamia
A patesi/Priest-king
What were the names of the 3 groups that society was divided into?
Lords, villagers, and slaves
