Watch the video and answer the following questions (make sure your sound is on):
a. What is known as the "Cradle of Civilization"? b. Where did these civilizations develop? sumer
c. Recorded history in Iraq began with what group? sumians
d. What did the Mesopotamians build to collect water? dikes and dams.
e. Name 2 Mesopotamian cities. ur and urak
f. What did crop surpluses do? help poplution expanded
g. Who lived at the temple? kings
h. What was a "ziggurat"? a summerian temple; spiral holy temple
i. What were kings revered as? were the gods on earth
j. What is "cuneiform"? sumerians writng
k. What did they write on their clay tablets? (They kept records of what?) cuniform writing
l. What was the "Epic of Gilgamesh"? epic peom
m. Describe the "hanging gardens" of Babylon. they were known as wonders
n. Who was King Hammurabi? What was Hammurabi's Code? private proteies and cimes
esopotamia leave a legacy of?