Mesopotamia Notes
Geography –
What did it look like?
What were the
important geographic
features? Why did
people want to live
there?
ReligionWho did they worship?
How did they worship?
How did religion
influence their lives?
What did they ask of
their gods?
Government and
Social
Classes/Structure
Who ran the
government? Who had
the most power? What
were the social classes?
Economy/Trade
What goods did they
make? What did they
trade for? How did they
make money?
Code of Hammurabi
What was it? Why was
it important?
Writing System
What did it look like?
How did they make it?
Who used it?
Epic of Gilgamesh
What was it? Why was it
important?
Inventions
What did they invent?
What were the
inventions used for?
Egypt Notes
Geography –
What did it look like?
What were the
important geographic
features? Why did
people want to live
there?
ReligionWho did they worship?
How did they worship?
How did religion
influence their lives?
What did they ask of
their gods?
Government and
Social
Classes/Structure
Who ran the
government? Who had
the most power? What
were the social classes?
Architecture
What did they build and
why? How did they
build these things? Who
used them?
Gender Roles
What were the different
roles of men and
women?
Writing System
What did it look like?
How did they make it?
Who used it?
Hyksos
Who were they and why
were they important?
Inventions
What did they invent?
What were the
inventions used for?