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Mesopotamia Study Guide

Mesopotamia Study Guide. Key Terms to Know:. Pre-History History Domestication Nomads Archaeology Archaeologist Division of Labor Artifacts Irrigation. Fertile Crescent Mesopotamia Polytheism Cuneiform City-State Scribe Empire Ziggurats Silt. Canals Surplus Division of Labor

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Mesopotamia Study Guide

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  1. Mesopotamia Study Guide Key Terms to Know: • Pre-History • History • Domestication • Nomads • Archaeology • Archaeologist • Division of Labor • Artifacts • Irrigation • Fertile Crescent • Mesopotamia • Polytheism • Cuneiform • City-State • Scribe • Empire • Ziggurats • Silt • Canals • Surplus • Division of Labor • Priest • Social Hierarchy • Chariot • Alphabet • Caravan • Bazaar • People, places, events you should know: • Difference between the Old Stone Age and New Stone Age? Why do we move from OSA to NSA? • Describe life for Nomads – why did they move around so much, etc. • Be able to create a timeline • Be able to explain the development of writing from Pictograph to Cuneiform • Why was Hammurabi’s Code so important for Babylon, Mesopotamia, and the rest of the world? • Short Answer Topics • Why was Mesopotamia the perfect place for the first civilizations to emerge? • Be able to describe the “evolution” of mankind from nomads to civilization – Begin with what happened to make people stop wandering and finish with the emergence of an official civilization • Know the differences amongst these civilizations and the major advances or achievements they were responsible for: • The Sumerians • The Akkadians • The Babylonians • The Assyrians • The Chaldeans • The Phoenicians

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