3. The Ancient Fertile Crescent Area The Middle East: “The Cradle of Civilization” Nicknamed “Fertile Crescent”

4. Sumerians – first people to live in Mesopotamia in civilizations

5. Sumerian Religion - Polytheistic Enki Innana Gods and Goddesses usually had human and animal qualities

6. Mesopotamian Trade “The Cuneiform World”

7. Cuneiform: The First Writing System “Wedge-Shaped” Writing Cuneiform: The First Writing System “Wedge-Shaped” Writing

8. Cuneiform Writing

9. Deciphering Cuneiform

10. Sumerian Scribes – the writers of society “Tablet House”

11. Sumerian Cylinder Seals

12. Gilgamesh

13. Gilgamesh Epic Tablet: Flood Story

14. Ziggurat at Ur  Temple  “Mountain of the Gods”  Temple  “Mountain of the Gods”

15. The Royal Standard of Ur

16. Mesopotamian Harp

17. Board Game From Ur

18. Sophisticated Metallurgy Skills at Ur

19. Sargon of Akkad: The World’s First Empire [Akkadians]

20. The Babylonian Empires

21. Hammurabi’s [r. 1792-1750 B. C. E.] Code

22. Hammurabi, the Judge

23. Babylonian Math

24. Babylonian Numbers