3. Western Asia 3500 – 500 B.C. Chapter 2 ما بين النهرين

4. USA Western Asia: Middle East

5. USA Western Asia: Middle East ASIA AFRICA

6. arc-shaped area from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf: arc-shaped area from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf: Fertile Crescent Fertile Crescent

7. Fertile Crescent Mediterranean Sea Persian Gulf

8. Mediterranean Sea Persian Gulf

9. “land between the rivers” “land between the rivers” M e s o p o t a m i a M e s o p o t a m i a

11. MESOPOTAMIA T i g r i s T i g r i s R i v e r E u p h r a t e s E u p h r a t e s R i v e r

12. Euphrates River Tigris River Mediterranean Sea Persian Gulf

13. Euphrates River Tigris River Persian Gulf

14. MESOPOTAMIA Modern nation of: Modern nation of: I r a q I r a q

15. Baghdad, Iraq

16. SUMERIANS Cities: Cities: Eridu, Ur, Uruk

18. SUMERIANS Religion: Religion: p o l y t h e i s t i c p o l y t h e i s t i c

19. Government: Government: t h e o c r a c y SUMERIANS

20. Society: noble noble commoner commoner slave slave

21. SUMERIANS Writing: Writing: c u n e i f o r m c u n e i f o r m

22. cuneiform

25. When heaven above was not yet named, nor earth below pronounced by name, Apsu, the first one, their begetter and maker Tiamat, who bore them all, had mixed their waters together, but had not formed pastures, nor discovered reed-beds. When yet no gods were manifest, nor names pronounced, nor destinies decreed, then gods were born within them.

26. Sumerian Art: ziggurat

27. ziggurat

28. sundial

29. arch

30. dome

31. bronze

33. wagon wheel potter’s wheel

34. Number system based on 60

35. SUMERIAN ART ziggurat ziggurat sundial sundial arch arch dome dome bronze bronze The Epic of Gilgamesh The Epic of Gilgamesh wagon wheel wagon wheel potter’s wheel potter’s wheel number system based on 60 number system based on 60