On your Desk – Cornell Notes- Packet page 2 – A highlighter & a Pencil 18 October 2016 Objective – Determine how Mesopotamia fits elements of a civilization. On your Desk – Cornell Notes- Packet page 2 – A highlighter & a Pencil Bellringer: Write down your homework! Mesopotamian Rap  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdblRch6m3g Is Mesopotamia a Civilization? Interactive Story Fill in Packet page 3 HW: None (if you read Section 3.1)

Vocabulary Word Memory Helper Sumerians The World’s First Civilization Silt “Flood, Flood, Flood! Evaporation! Silt!” Surplus More than is needed City-state (2 students) Dad: Go to your room! Child: You can’t tell me what to do! Stable Food Supply I have a surplus of food! Division of Labor (3 Students) 1. “I’m a farmer!”, 2. “I work in government,” 3. “I’m a slave…that stinks!” System of Government “I’m the King of the World! Bow to me!” Social Hierarchy (sung to the Farmer in the Dell) “The kings are at the top, the priests are under them, skilled workers and scribes are next, with farmers and slaves at the bottom” Highly Developed Culture (said very snotty )“I have a lot of culture!” Polytheism “Bless you sun! Bless you moon! Bless you air!” Cuneiform Wedged symbols

  Evidence Stable Food Supply Division of Labor

Evidence System of Government Social Hierarchy Highly Developed   Evidence System of Government Social Hierarchy Highly Developed Culture

Is Mesopotamia a Civilization?

Stable Food Supply Irrigation increased the amount of food farmers were able to grow Farmers could create a surplus of food Foods included: fish, meat, barley and dates

Division of Labor Since there was a surplus of food, not everyone had to be a farmer Each worker could specialize in a particular job People could become Crafters Religious leaders Government workers

System of Government Organized into city-states (city & countryside around it) King is in control

Skilled Workers/Scribes Social Hierarchy King Priests Skilled Workers/Scribes Merchants & Traders Farmers & Laborers (Working Class) Slaves

Highly Developed Culture Writing – Cuneiform Works of literature – poems & stories Invented the wheel and plow Statues of gods Gold jewelry People sang, danced & played musical instruments