1. Warm-up Questions
Scribes had power in Sumerian society. What can you conclude from this?
All scribes came from the upper classes.
Scribes invented pictographs and cuneiform.
People who could read and write were important.
Why did the Phoenicians turn to the sea for trade?

2. Mesopotamia The Rise of Babylon Ancient Civilizations
Mr. Hollingsworth’s World History
Tuesday – September 11, 2018

3. 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 develop a timeline that shows the sequence of events in later Mesopotamia.

4. Warm-up Questions
Scribes had power in Sumerian society. What can you conclude from this?
All scribes came from the upper classes.
Scribes invented pictographs and cuneiform.
People who could read and write were important.

5. Warm-up Questions Why did Phoenicians turn to the sea for trade?
Mountains to the east blocked their way.

6. Key Terms Review More than needed. Human-made waterways. surplus
Canals

7. Key Terms Review The worship of many gods.
polytheism.
A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks
Silt

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

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

10. Key Terms Review
A long poem that tells about great heroes and their deeds
epics
A wheeled horse-drawn cart used in battle.
chariot.

11. Later Peoples Babylonians Conquer Mesopotamia Ur replaced Akkadians
Ur fell after several invasions
Rise of Babylon
Babylon rose to power under King Hammurabi
Hammurabi was its greatest monarch.
Hammurabi’s Code
Established Babylonian Empire
Add any information covered in class that you did not get in your reading in this location across from where it should be located.
Conquered all of Mes.

12. Later Peoples Hammurabi’s Code Conquered all of Mesopotamia
Established Babylonian Empire
Most famous for his code of laws.
282 laws dealing w/ everyday life
Specific crimes got specific penalties
Social did matter
All people could read the laws
After his death, invasions would weaken and bring empire to an end.

13. Map of Mesopotamia

14. Survey Who had the Hanging Gardens built?
Nebuchadnezzar
Who created the first known written code of laws?
Hammurabi

15. 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 develop a timeline that shows the sequence of events in later Mesopotamia.