1. Chapter 2: Western Asia and Egypt

3. Lesson 2-1; Civilization Begins in Mesopotamia
I. The Impact of Geography A. _____________ is at the eastern end of ________. B. It means _______________. Which two? __________________________________________ C. To survive the individuals here needed to control the water supply. How was this done? ____________ D. Mesopotamia covered three areas: ___________, ___________, __________. The ___________ developed the first civilization.

5. The city states of Mesopotamia
A. City-States are ___________________________. They centered around which two cities? _________
B. They used mud to build their homes and some of the largest buildings in the world.
C. The most important building in each city was the _________. It was located where? _______________ Who did the Sumerians believe ruled the cities? ____________ This meant they had a _________ government.

7. D. The Sumerian states had three classes: ________, ___________, _________. 1. 2. 3.

9. III. Empires in Ancient Mesopotamia
A. Around 2340 B.C. _____________ conquered the Sumerian city and set up the first ___________.
B. An empire is _____________________________.
C. In 1792 B.C., _________________, established a new empire south over much of the area.

11. IV. The Code of Hammurabi A
IV. The Code of Hammurabi A. The Code of Hammurabi: _________________________________________________________________________________________. B. Punishment: We said “Eye for an eye . . .” but it varied by social status. Meaning? C. This code punished public officials also. D. The largest group of laws covered whom? ______ E. Patriarchal -

13. V. The Importance of Religion
A. Mesopotamians believed that the world was controlled by ______________________________.
B. They believed in many gods so they were ___________.
C. Sumerians believed that humans were created to do what? _____________________________________

15. VI. The Creativity of the Sumerians
A. Cuneiform –
B. The Epic of Gilgamesh –
C. The Sumerians invented things like the wagon wheel. They also invented a number system that was based on 60.
What do we use today that is based on the number 60?

17. Lesson 2-2: Worksheets Geography Religion Egyptian History
Societies and Daily Life in Ancient Egypt
Writing, Arts, Science and Education Achievements