What does Mesopotamia mean?
City between two rivers
The first civilization began in Mesopotamia around 4500 BC.
False
What are the name of the rivers next to Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
In which country was Mesopotamia located?
Iran
What did the Mesopotamians hunt?
Fish, birds and gazelle.
What were the three classes of people in Mesopotamia?
Nobles, commoners, and slaves
What were the nobles?
Royals and religious
What were the commoners?
farmers, merchants, and caftspeople
What were wealthy people allowed to do?
Go to the market to buy and trade goods.
Mesopotamians were the world's first city-builders.
True
What is the name of the temples built by the Mesopotamians?
Ziggurats
