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Mesopotamia Innovations

Wednesday September28, 2016 B-Day Work on something silently. Homeroom Wednesday September28, 2016 B-Day Work on something silently.

Tuesday and Wednesday September 27 and 28, 2016 Homework: Review Materials – Test Day – A 10/4 and B 10/5 Warm-Up: 1. Copy homework into agenda 2. Complete a review on school net on EQ#2 – use your materials to help you. Social Studies 6 Unit 2 Mesopotamia EQ 2 Review 2016- 2017 Passcode: VE4DA3BE2 Social Studies 6 Unit 2 Mesopotamia EQ2 Vocabulary Review 2016-2017 Passcode: MA5KE5MA5

Carolina Renaissance Festival Field Trip Wednesday, October 19th, 2016 Carolina Renaissance Festival

AE Monday, Tuesday, Thursday – Genius Hour Wednesday – Study Hall Friday – Silent Reading https://cms.instructure.com/enroll/GF9WY8

How did technology and culture influence future civilizations? EQ#3 How did technology and culture influence future civilizations?

Epic – long poems that tell stories of heroes Vocabulary Epic – long poems that tell stories of heroes Architecture – the science of building Hammurabi’s Code – a set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life; the earliest known written collection of laws Alphabet – a set of letters that can be combined to form words.

Innovations Early Mesopotamians developed a number of innovations which greatly improved the lives of the people, particularly in the area of agriculture. 1. Calendar, which helped them predict floods. 2. Cuneiform Alphabet, one of the first written languages, made it easier to communicate and keep detailed records. 3. The Epic of Gilgamesh was the first recorded story. It deals with many of the universal themes and ideas still found in literature today. 4. Wheel and the plow made farming easier.

Hammurabi’s Code of Laws Hammurabi was a Babylonian king who consolidated and annotated the laws into a single code. The code laid out specific rules of conduct and the punishments for breaking them.

Hammurabi’s Code Reading Text

1. Why did Hammurabi have his laws engraved in stone and placed in a public place? 2. Imagine that Hammurabi live in modern society. Where might he post his laws so that everyone would see them? 3. Why do we know more about Hammurabi’s Code than other early forms of law?

Hammurabi’s Laws: Fair or Cruel? Define Fair Define Cruel

Hammurabi’s Laws: Fair or Cruel? 1. 2. 3. 4. 1. 2. 3. 4.