Mesopotamia Test

land around the river was fertile and capable of supporting farming

Because rivers like the Nile, Tigris, and Euphrates flooded in ancient times....

clearly-defined government and large cities

Beyond the basic elements of civilization, what did Sumerians add to future societies and cultures?

trade and commerce

Cuneiform, one of the earliest forms of writing, was probably developed as a means of keeping records of

Mesopotamia

Epic of Gilgamesh, cuneiform, ziggurats, Code of Hammurabi, All of these are most related to which civilization?

Epic of Gilgamesh

Epic poem tells the tale of a man-god in ancient Mesopotamia, and is one of the earliest pieces of literature in the world.

had priests serve as kings of their city-states

In ancient history, Sumerians...

Belief in more than one god

Mesopotamian religion was polytheistic. Polytheistic means.....

Let all people know the laws

The Code of Hammurabi in Babylon was intended to

Tigris and Euphrates

The area known as "Mesopotamia" is found between the rivers..

Sumerians

The first people in Mesopotamia to build irrigation canals were the....

ziggurats

These Sumerian structures look similar to a step-pyramid, but were used for religious and civic purposes.

polytheism

This is the belief in more than one god.

Cuneiform

This is the early form of writing created by the Sumerians, consisting of pictographs drawn on clay tablets with a stylus

Babylon

This is the most powerful city-state along the Euphrates River in ancient Mesopotamia.

Tigris

This river flows from Turkey through Iraq and was the eastern-most of the two major Mesopotamian Rivers.

a religious and civic center

Which of these is an accurate description of a Mesopotamian ziggurat

A group of people with the same culture

Which of these is the BEST definition of "civilization" for a history class?

The Hittites introduced the use of iron into Mesopotamia

Why are the Hittites significant in Mesopotamian history?