1. MESOPOTAMIAN CIVILIZATION CHAPTER 1 SECTION 2

2. MAIN IDEAS Mesopotamia’s Civilization: Civilization in Mesopotamia began in the valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. A Skilled People: Sumerians invented writing and made other important contributions to later peoples. Sargon and Hammurabi: Sumerian city-states lost power when they were conquered by outsiders.

3. Map Skill Locate the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, Sumer, and Babylon on a map of ancient Mesopotamia.

4. Section Vocabulary Civilization: Irrigation: City-state: Artisan: Cuneiform: Scribe: Empire:

5. QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER How did Mesopotamians control the flow of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers? What kind of written language did the Sumerians use? Why was Sargon’s empire important?