What qualities must a land possess in order to be called "fertile"?

Describe what the land of Mesopotamia was like.

What two rivers run through the Fertile Cresent?

How were Mesopotamian farmers able to water their fields?

Why would early humans find it useful to write or record information about crops and animals?

List the names of at least five (5) of the major Mesopotamian cities.

Describe what a temple, or Ziggurat, would have looked like.

List two (2) of the Sumerian gods and what they were thought to have power over.

What were some of the resources early humans would fight over?

Why would having more than enough food allow people to have jobs other than "farmer"?

Why are merchants important to a city, a country, or a civilization?

Some groups in Mesopotamia did not live as well as other groups.  What was one thing that could be thought of as "unfair"?

Why were scribes extremely important to ancient civilizations?  Is this still an important job today?

What were some of the military innovations of the Mesopotamians?  Do you think these changes were a good or a bad thing?

What are some facts about Mesopotamia's first conqueror?

Do you think Hammurabi's laws were fair?  Why or why not?

Why was monotheism in Isreal so different from the religions of its neighbors?

In which three major world religions are the 10 commandments still important?

What major innovations did the Phoenicians develop?

What major "monetary" innovation did the Lydians develop?