Ancient Mesopotamia: From Farming to Empire | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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Mesopotamia’s floods came without warning. Based on your notes, how did this shape religion?

people worshipped one calm god

people saw the gods as unpredictable and tried to please them

people believed the king controlled the rain

people stopped building temples

Sargon of Akkad conquered Ur, Uruk, Kish, and Lagash and ruled them all from one capital. How is mesopotamia ruled now?

many city-states came under one ruler — an empire

the cities stopped fighting over water

each city kept its own king

the temple took over from the kings

A city has extra food, some people become priests instead of farmers. Which step in the farm→city chain is this?

irrigation

population grows

specialization

surplus

Scribes in Ur reed marks into wet clay to record how many jars of barley each farmer delivered. Which invention is this?

cuneiform, for keeping records

base-60 math, for measuring circles

the alphabet, for writing poems

the stele, for posting laws

Hammurabi’s laws were carved into a stone stele and set up where everyone could see them. Which idea is this?

judges can change the punishment

the law is written and public

everyone is equal before the law

laws come from the people

We can still read the Epic of Gilgamesh today. Which ruler’s project is the main reason?

Ashurbanipal’s library at Nineveh

Hammurabi’s stele

Nebuchadnezzar’s walls

Sargon’s army

Priests store grain and hand it out, and the ziggurat stands in the center. Which institutions does the ziggurat belong

political and religion

economy and social

religion and economy

political and social

Law 196 says an eye for an eye, but Law 198 says a noble only pays silver. Which part of rule of law is MISSING here?

witnesses decide the case

punishments are set ahead of time

laws are written down

everyone is treated equally