The Sumerian Civilization SWBAT: Describe and explain the Sumerian Civilization.

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The Sumerian Civilization SWBAT: Describe and explain the Sumerian Civilization.

Aim: To examine the civilization of Sumer Do Now: If you lived 5,000 years ago, where would you make your home? Would life be easy or hard? Why?

In what modern day country was the Fertile Crescent?

Geography The Sumerian civilization rose in the valleys between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.

Sumerian Civilization The _______ _______________ in ______________ was _________. By about ________ ______ ago, __________ along the ___________ and ___________ ________ had grown into busy _________. What did these city-states make-up? What did various city-states fight over?

Sumerians Invented Writing This is cuneiform. Babylonians wrote using this “wedge- shaped” writing on clay tablets. The Sumerians invented writing.

More cuneiform writing

Economic: trade and farming Sumerians (Mesopotamians) were known to trade with the Egyptians and the Indus Valley civilizations. In later years, these trade routes became Silk Road.

Sumerians invented the wheel! The wheel was invented by 6000 BC! It helped military, farming and trade. At right, this is made of wood.

Ziggurats  Pyramid Like Temples  The largest buildings in city-states.

Political:Mesopotamian Law Code of Hammurabi “eye for an eye tooth for a tooth”

Religion What did the polytheistic Sumerians believe in? What did each city-states have? What were the largest buildings?

Vocabulary Village River Political City-states Polytheism Monotheism Nature Pyramid Ziggurats God Goddess Cuniform

Summary What did you learn about the Sumerian Civilization? Application: How did Sumer attract invasion and migration? HOMEWORK Compare Sumerian society to Egyptian society. How were they alike? How were they different?