1.  Journal: ½ in complete sentences  What crime did you bring for homework? Summarize your article.  Does your article discuss the criminal’s race or social class? What gender is the criminal?  Was the crime solved? If so, how was the criminal punished?

2.  Turn to page 44 in your textbook.  Read Hammurabi’s code.  Think-Pair-Share- What is Hammurabi’s code like as a set of laws? Fair or unfair? Why?

3.  Write 3 sentences explaining how the crime your article describes would be handled under Hammurabi’s Code.  Think about these questions: › How would the criminal be punished under American laws? › How do you think the criminal would be punished in Mesopotamia (based on the code you read)? › Is the criminal considered to be in a “lower” social group? If so, how would this change their punishment?

6.  Think- Pair-Share  Why did all of the river valley civilizations form around rivers?

7.  The fertile crescent was between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.  The land was extremely good for growing crops.  The rivers would flood which would enrich the soil.  The flooding was random, and people could never tell how big the floods would be.

8.  Irrigation- the people controlled the floods with drainage ditches and used them to water their crops.

9.  Sumerians founded Mesopotamia.  Assyria and Akkadians came after.

10.  Mesopotamia had many cities. › Eridu › Ur › Uruk These cities had economic and political control over the surrounding countryside.

11.  Uruk was surrounded by a six mile wall with 30 foot defense towers.  Mud was used to make sun-dried bricks. The bricks were used to make homes, city buildings and ziggurats.  Some of these buildings are still around today!

13.  Temples made with mud brick that had large steps.  People believed that gods and goddesses owned the cities.

14.  The government was a theocracy (government ruled by divine authority)  The ziggurats were the political, religious, and economic capitals of the cities.

15.  The kings’ power came from the gods.  The kings had powerful armies and lived in large palaces.

16.  Mostly farming, but trade was important too.  Industry was important. › Metalwork › Wool clothes › Pottery They invented the wheel which made trade much easier.

17.  Nobles- Priests and royals  Commoners- 90% of population › Farmers, merchants, artisans Slaves- Worked for royals and priests Society was patriarchal (dominated by men)

19.  Polytheistic  Gods were not kind or reliable. This was believed because of famine, hot climate and random flooding.

20.  Hammurabi was Babylonian › Hammurabi’s code  Strict justice system  282 laws

21.  Upper class criminals were punished less than lower class criminals.  Women had fewer rights than men.  Most laws focused on marriage and family.  “an eye for an eye”

22.  Sumerians invented cuneform writing.  Used a stylus to carve writing on clay tablets.  Epic of Gilgamesh- first epic poem!

23.  Empire- Large political unit or state, usually under a single leader, that controls many peoples or territories.  Theocracy- Government by divine authority.  Patriarchal- A society dominated by men.  Polytheism- belief in many gods.

24.  In the 3 rd section of your spiral define the following words for Unit 1: › Agriculture › Paleolithic › Civilization › Domestication › Nomadic › Monarchy › Oligarchy › Dynasty › Bureaucracy › Monotheism

25.  Research Stonehenge.  Write a 1 page paper about it.  Provide 2 sources!

26.  Egypt – page 45  India -page 71-79  China- 88-97