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Meso- Culture. Meso- Inventions. Epic of Gilgamesh. Meso- Agriculture. Meso- Geography. 100. 100. 100. 100. 100. 200. 200. 200. 200. 200. 300. 300. 300. 300. 300. 400. 400. 400. 400. 400. 500. 500. 500. 500. 500. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Meso-Culture
Meso-Inventions
Meso-Agriculture
Epic of Gilgamesh
Meso- Geography
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This writing system was based on symbols and was imprinted on clay
tablets
What is Cuneiform?
What are these two Mesopotamians making use of
What is an irrigation channel?“The land was a checkerboard with small basins, defined by a system of dikes. Problems regarding
the uncertainty of the flow of the Nile were recognized. During very high flows, the dikes
were washed away and villages flooded, drowning thousands. During low flows, the land did not
receive water, and no crops could grow.”
Name four items that were produced in Mesopotamia that created such a
strong economy for the region?
What arePottery, Wool, Barley, Wheat,
Linseed Oil, Jewelry, Woolen Cloth, Leatherwork & Metal Work?
BONUS QUESTION200pts
Name one raw product that Mesopotamia imported & needed?
This city was the cultural capital of Sumer?
A) NippurB) UrukC) UrD) Larsa
What is Nippur?
These are the four civilizations controlled Mesopotamia?
What are Sumer (2500BCE), Babylon (1700BCE), Assyria
(625BCE), and Chaldea (600BCE)?
This Mesopotamian invention could be found on their chariots
What is the wheel?
This invention allowed Mesopotamians to travel up & down
the Tigris & Euphrates River
What is a boat
Bonus 400pts:
Name three resources that were important for boat making?
This drink was perfected by the Sumerians and the Egyptians
borrowed their recipe!
What is beer?
This construction reminded the Mesopotamians of mountains
which were absent from the flat Euphrates River Valley.
What is a Ziggurat?
The Mesopotamians invented this branch of Mathematics
What is algebra
The protagonist (main character) of one of the earliest
stories
Who is Gilgamesh?
A monstrous giant of immemorial age raised by
Utu, the Sun, was the guardian of the a forest
Who is Humbaba?
A wild-man raised by animals and ignorant of human society until he is tamed by Shamhat.
Who is Enkidu?
They traveled to this forest to acquired wood for boat building
Where is the Cedar Forest?
What was the Epic of Gilgamesh originally written on?
What are tablets?
300pt BONUS:
How many tablets were there?
a)15
b) 10
c)12
These allowed the soil of Mesopotamia to be fertile and
perfect for growing staple grains
What are floods?
This was the main or staple crop of the region
What is wheat?
This large farm tool, pulled by an animal, used to turn over the soil
What is a plough?
BONUS 200pts: Name two animals that the
Mesopotamians raised?
The Mesopotamians would drain these to get access to their rich, very
fertile soil
What is a marsh?
Overtime, this mineral degraded or reduced the fertility of the soil
What is salt?
These two rivers brought to life the Mesopotamian civilization
What are the Tigris & Euphrates?
This word means “between the rivers” in Greek
What is Mesopotamia?
What is Mesopotamia?
Name one of the two deserts that are directly west of
Mesopotamia
What are the Syrian & Arabian
This mountain range feeds the Tigris-Euphrates River
System and is directly east of the Mesopotamian region
What are the Zagros Mountains?
Name 3 water bodies in and around the Middle East
