Warm-up Questions Which statement implies that city-states fought each other for farmland? City-states had plenty of food supplies. Crops had been destroyed by drought. Every city-state wanted more farmland to grow food. What type of person most likely became the first kings?

Mesopotamia Sumerian Achievements Ancient Civilizations Mr. Hollingsworth’s World History Monday – September 10, 2018

Today’s Learning Targets I will use the academic vocabulary of this region and time appropriately. I will identify the physical and cultural features of this region on a map. I will outline Sumerian achievements. I will outline Sumerian achievements.

Warm-up Questions Which statement implies that city-states fought each other for farmland? City-states had plenty of food supplies. Crops had been destroyed by drought. Every city-state wanted more farmland to grow food

Warm-up Questions What type of person most likely became the first kings? war heroes

The Invention of Writing Sumerians invented cuneiform. Scribes used a system of writing with styluses to make wedge shaped marks in clay tablets.

Epic of Gilgamesh This is the first known written epic. It is the story of a great Sumerian King. Greeks wrote Hercules based upon this epic.

Advances & Inventions Technical Advances: Invented the wheel Potter’s Wheel Plow Clock using falling water Learned to use bronze

Advances & Inventions Math & Sciences: Math system based upon 60 360 degree circle 12 month year Medical healing drugs

Key Terms Review More than needed. Human-made waterways. surplus Canals I can use the academic vocabulary of this region and time appropriately.

Key Terms Review A way of supplying water to an area of land irrigation When each worker specializes in a particular task or job. Division of labor I can use the academic vocabulary of this region and time appropriately.

Key Terms Review A large arc of rich, or fertile farmland Fertile Crescent A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks Silt

Key Terms Review The countryside rural City areas urban

Key Terms Review An independent city and its surrounding countryside City-state a land with different territories and peoples under a single ruler empire

Key Terms Review The worship of many gods polytheism People who perform religious ceremonies priests

Key Terms Review The division of a society by rank or class social hierarchy

Key Terms Review The world’s first known system of writing cuneiform A person who writes scribe

Key Terms Review A long poem that tells about great heroes and their deeds epics The science of building architecture

Key Terms Review A picture symbol A pyramid shaped temple tower pictographs A pyramid shaped temple tower ziggurat

Map of Mesopotamia

Survey Why did scribes have power and influence in Sumerian society? People who could read and write were important. What was the first known epic? The Epic of Gilgamesh

Survey Ruler of the first known empire… Sargon What are pictures that are used as symbols called? pictographs

Today’s Learning Targets I can use the academic vocabulary of this region and time appropriately. I can identify the physical and cultural features of this region on a map. I can outline Sumerian achievements. I will outline Sumerian achievements.