Things You Should Be Able To Do #2

  • Name the main economic activity of Mesopotamia
  • Describe three things Mesopotamians used their rivers for
  • Name two crops Mesopotamians exported
  • Name two inventions Mesopotamians created to make farming easier and more efficient
  • Describe why Mesopotamians traded with other regions
  • Describe what bartering is, and why it eventually led to money
  • Describe how trade led to the development of Cuneiform and a number system
  • Name the ways Babylon influenced time and math
  • Describe the basics of Hammurabi's Code
    • Who was Hammurabi?
    • How did the Code develop?
    • How did the Code treat different social classes?
  • Describe how Phoenicians influenced language