SS 1 - Mesopotamia, Babylon and Hebrews

Why was the code of Hammurabi an important achievement in human history?

How did farmers solve the problem of little rainfall?

What is Hammurabi's Code?

What was the purpose of a ziggurat?

What does the term "Mesopotamia" mean

Documents from someone who lived through an actual time period

Who is believed to be the founder of Islam?

Is a letter written by Pericles a primary source?

Who led the Jews out of slavery in Egypt?

How did the Fertile Crescent get its name?

Is news footage of an event a primary source?

Mesopotamia consisted of many city states

A person wandering from place to place in search of food or shelter

What is a city-state?

The people in many city-states of Mesopotamia did not practice polytheism

Hammurabi's Code listed punishments to fit the crime - like "an eye for an eye"

What is the name of the writing developed by the Sumerians?

The belief in one god

polytheism

What contributions from the Sumerians helped future civilizations advance?

What area is home to the world's first major civilization?

Who built these structures?

What is the Hebrew bible called?

Which was the world's first monotheistic religion (belief in one god)?

Which is a primary source?

What is an irrigation system?

Which city state did King Hammurabi emerge from?

What are the laws of Judaism called?

What is this a picture of?

Is an interview of a person in history a primary source?

Is a story written about Julius Caesar a primary source?