1. Start Up Answer the following: The Fertile Crescent has been called:
“The Crossroads of the World.” Why?

2. Mesopotamia Land Between 2 Rivers
Found along the Tigris & Euphrates Rivers
In what is today known as the Middle East
Land Between 2 Rivers

3. Located in the Middle East
Fertile Crescent – the area of land between the two rivers
has fertile farmland

4. Sumerian Civilization
Broken up into city-states
A city-State is the city and surrounding land that governs itself.

5. Sumerian Civilization
Some city-states were allies with each other and some were enemies

6. Sumerian Civilization
The Sumerian city-states had some similarities.

7. Attention! Achtung! Attenzione!
Here is where you want to look for themes!

8. Sumerian Civilization
Government:
Had single rulers
Dynasties
Sound Familiar???

9. Sumerian Civilization
Social Structure:
Ruler
Nobles & Priests
Merchants & Artisans
Peasant farmers
Sound Familiar??

10. Sumerian Civilization
Religion:
Each city-state had its own main god or goddess
Sound Familiar???

11. Sumerian Civilization
Religion:
Ziggurats - temples
Sound Familiar???

12. Sumerian Civilization
Cultural Diffusion:
The Sumerians had extensive trade with the Egyptians and India

13. Contributions
1. Wheeled vehicles

14. Contributions
2. Irrigation, dikes, canals

15. Contributions
3. Cuneiform – wedge shaped writing

16. Contributions
4. Algebra & Geometry

17. Contributions
Literature
The Epic of Gilgamesh

18. More Achievements
Babylonians=
Hammurabi’s Code
REGENTS QUESTIONS!!!

19. More Achievements Hittites -
Learned to extract iron from ore and fashion tools and weapons that were harder than bronze or copper ones.

20. Exit Ticket
How did the accomplishments of Mesopotamia have an effect on our society today?

21. Examples of good, clear, specific answers to yesterday’s exit ticket question
“Mesopotamia came up with the idea of the wheeled vehicle. If it weren’t for Mesopotamia’s invention, we might not have wheeled vehicles such as cars and bikes.”
“(Mesopotamia) contributed wheeled vehicles and we use cars which was modified from their wheeled vehicle.”

22. Get a text book for today’s assignment

23. Invaders, Traders, and Empire Builders
Read through Chapter 2, Sections 3 & 4 to fill in the boxes with the proper information.
Your “Who are we?” question should come from the chart, not from any other source (i.e. the internet)

24. Where they lived-
Location

25. Challenges/Problems Sumerians- Babylonians- Hittites- Assyrians-
Persians-
Phoenicans-

26. WHO ARE WE? Choose wisely
SUMERIANS
BABYLONIANS
HITTITES
ASSYRIANS
PERSIANS
PHOENICIANS