NAME:____________________

DATE: ____________________
PERIOD: __________________

MESOPOTAMIA: THE CRADLE OF

CIVILIZATION
ON THE MAP, LABEL THE FOLLOWING:
TIGRIS RIVER, EUPHRATES RIVER, THE FERTILE CRESCENT, URUK, BABYLON

WHAT DO YOU THINK THE PEOPLE OF THE “LAND BETWEEN RIVERS”

CALLED THEMSELVES?

DEFINE THESE TERMS: (IN YOUR OWN WORDS)

SUMER

TERRITORIAL CITY-STATE
 SURPLUS

NOMADS

POLYTHEISM

ZIGGURAT

SPECIALIZATION

SCRIBES

CUNEIFORM

EPICS

CODES

WHAT WAS THE MESOPOTAMIAN VIEW OF NATURE?

ORGANIZE THE SOCIAL HIERARCHY (THE TOP OF THE ZIGGURAT HAVING

THE ​MOST​​ AUTHORITY, THE BOTTOM HAVING THE ​LEAST​​ AUTHORITY).

CHOICES​​:

- PRIESTS
- SCRIBES
- SLAVES
- KING
- MERCHANTS
- FARMERS
- CRAFTSMAN

WHICH CLASSES OF PEOPLE DO YOU THINK WERE “EDUCATED”? WHY?

WHAT WERE SOME OF THE THINGS INVENTED BY THE SUMERIANS?

GILGAMESH IS REMEMBERED AS BEING A KIND OF DEMIGOD (HALF GOD,

HALF HUMAN). CAN YOU THINK OF ANY REASON WHY PEOPLE BELIEVED
HIM TO BE SUPERNATURALLY STRONG?

CHOOSE ​THREE ​OF HAMMURABI’S CODES AND ​THREE ​LAWS (RULES) FROM
TODAY; ORGANIZE THEM ONTO THE VENN DIAGRAM. THEN, TRY AND FIND
WAYS IN WHICH THEY ARE ​SIMILAR​​.