1. Warm-up Questions What was the first use of the wheel in Sumer?
Into how many degrees did the Sumerians divide a circle?

2. Ancient Mesopotamia Map & Key Terms Test Ancient Civilizations
Mr. Hollingsworth’s World History
Thursday – Sept. 14, 2017

3. Alabama Course of Study
Analyze characteristics of early civilizations in respect to technology, division of labor, government, calendar, and writings.
Comparing significant features of civilizations that developed in the Tigris-Euphrates valleys.
Identifying on a map locations of cultural hearths of early civilizations.

4. 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 compare Babylonian society to that of the United States.

5. Warm-up Questions What was the first use of the wheel in Sumer?
Pottery
Into how many degrees did the Sumerians divide a circle?
360

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

7. Key Terms Review A city and its surrounding countryside.
city-state
The worship of many gods.
polytheism

8. Key Terms Review A writer hired to keep track of business records
scribe
A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks
Silt
I can use the academic vocabulary of this region and time appropriately.

9. Key Terms Review
Land with different territories and peoples under a single ruler.
empire
a long poem that tells the story of heroes.
epic

10. Key Terms Review A wheeled horse-drawn cart used in battle.
chariot
The world’s first system of writing.
cuneiform

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12. The Code of Hammurabi
The following are excerpts from Hammurabi’s Code of Laws.

13. The Code of Hammurabi
U.S. What is the punishment for someone who falsely accuses another person?
Hammurabi - If any one bring an accusation of any crime before the elders, and does not prove what he has charged, he shall, if it be a capital offense charged, be put to death.

14. The Code of Hammurabi
U.S. What happens if someone is found guilty of theft?
Hammurabi - If any one steal the property of a temple or of the court, he shall be put to death, and also the one who receives the stolen thing from him shall be put to death.

15. The Code of Hammurabi
U.S. What happens if someone is found guilty of kidnapping?
Hammurabi - If any one steal the minor son of another, he shall be put to death.

16. 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 compare Babylonian society to that of the United States.