Study

Ancient Mesopotamia & Egypt

  •   0%
  •  0     0     0

  • What were the 3 sciences that the Sumerians created?
    Astrology, Astronomy, Mathematics
  • Where were hieroglyphics drawn?
    on the walls of temples and tombs or papyrus
  • Who conquered all the lands of Mesopotamia in 539 BC?
    the Persians
  • Who created the first city-states?
    the Sumerians
  • What were the names of the most important Mesopotamian gods?
    Anu, Enlil, Marduk, Ishtar
  • What was the form of writing the Mesopotamians used?
    Cuneiform
  • What were the first 4 empires of Mesopotamia?
    Akkadians, Babylon, Assyrians, & Persians
  • What was the paper called that the Egyptians used?
    papyrus
  • What does Mesopotamia mean in Greek?
    land between two rivers
  • Who ruled Babylon?
    Hammurabi
  • Describe how the the river civilizations benefitted from the rivers. What happened during spring?
    Each spring with the ice melt, these rivers’ volumen increases and the waters overflow their Banks and fetilise the land with their mud or silt.
  • What kind of trade did Mesopotamia do?
    Foreign trade
  • Were Mesopotamia & Egypt both irrigation-based agriculture societies?
    Yes
  • What year did writing first begin?
    3,250 years ago
  • What was an important cultural impact that the kingdom of Babylon made?
    Code of Hammurabi