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Mesopotamia (Definitions (City State: Self governing unit made up of a…
Mesopotamia
Definitions
City State: Self governing unit made up of a city and it's surrounding villages and farmland
Mesopotamia: Land Between Two Rivers
Polytheism: Worshipping more than one god
Monotheism: Worshipping only one god
Ziggurat: Mountaintop
Location
Present day Iraq
Means "Land Between Two Rivers"
Tigris River
Euphrates River
Part of the Fertile Crescent
Known for land reaching from the Persian Gulf to the Red Sea
Shaped like a crescent
Good farming land
City States
Sumer
Class
Farmers
Farms located outside of city
Usually looked down on
Kings
Priests
Group of people
Administrators
Scribes
Merchants
Artisans
Slaves
Inventions
Wheel
Time
12 month calendar (1 year)
60 seconds in a minute
60 minutes in an hour
Arch
Ramp
Religion
Gods (Believed in hundreds of them, aka polytheism)
Names of gods
Ishkur
Had the power to flood whenever he wanted
Storm god
How They Worshipped
Everyone payed a tax which was offered to the gods
Calendar developed for gods
City-States
Akkadian Empire
Babylon
Religion
Gods
Facts
Each city-state had their own gods
Wind god- most important
Names and powers of gods
Ishkur
Storm god
Created storms and floods whenever he liked
Beliefs
Life after death
Every city-state's god lived at the top of a temple in their city
Everyone payed a tax to be offered to the gods
Statues
Money
Animals
Everything was offered to the gods in a ritual
Food
Offerings were made at the top of the temple
Geography
Natural Resources
Negative
Not a lot of wood
Not a lot of stone
Very little protection from attacks
Positive
Good soil for farming
Lots of water
Lots of clay