Bell Ringer Make a list of all of the times you’ve used writing today

ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA- “THE LAND BETWEEN TWO RIVERS” OBJECTIVE: Understand how Sumerian Civilization was organized and their technological advances

ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA- Vocabulary City-state Cuneiform Scribe Empire

Agenda Review Vocabulary Writing Social Structure

ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA- SUMERIAN CIVILIZATION BELIEVED TO BE SETTLED CA. 3000 B.C. DIVIDED INTO CITY-STATES HELPED TO DEVELOP THE FIRST FORM OF ORGANIZED RELIGION CREATED ONE OF THE EARLIEST FORM OF WRITING

City-States Independent state made up by a city and the surrounding land and villages Had its own government and was not part of any other larger unit

ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA- SUMERIAN CITY-STATES ALWAYS IN CONSTANT CONFLICT OVER WATER RIGHTS AND LAND Went to war with one another Wanted glory, land, and water CREATED WALLS FOR PROTECTION, WITH MOATS ALONG THE OUTSIDE FARMS WERE LOCATED ALONG THE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY

City States With the rise of cities came the need for Government?

Religion

ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA- SUMERIAN RELIGION Ziggurats: pyramid site of the temple of the main gods. Each city-state had their own gods and goddesses Sun god – most important. Life after death was an extension of life.

Ziggurat – Mountain of God

Sumerian Religion Monotheism: worshiping one god. “Mono” – means one Polytheism: worshiping many gods. “Poly” – means many

Ziggurat Large pyramid shaped structures Connected to heaven and earth Ziggurat: “center for learning and religion”

Writing: Cuneiform

Telephone Reflection

ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA- SUMERIAN WRITING CALLED CUNEIFORM (LATIN FOR WEDGE) WRITTEN ON CLAY TABLETS NEEDED FOR RELIGION, GOVERNMENT, AND TRADE LEARNED IN SCHOOL, BY MALES THAT LASTED FROM SUNRISE TO SUNSET Record Keepers known as SCRIBES

Think Write Pair Share How is education different today?

Sumerian Writing: cuneiform Cuneiform is created by pressing a pointed stylus into a clay tablet.

Sumerians invented: Wheel Sailboat Plow- made farming easier Time – 60 minutes in an hour, 60 seconds in a minute 12 month lunar calendar

Economy

ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA- SUMERIAN ECONOMY Make, sell or barter goods. Trade helped expansion. Development of money Will evolve over time.

Life in Sumer JOBS: Artisans: skilled workers who made metal products, cloth, and pottery Merchants and Traders: Traveled to other cities to trade tools, wheat, and barley for copper, tin, and timber

Life in Sumer Social Classes: Upper Class: Priests, Kings, Gov. Officials Middle Class: Artisans, Farmers, Merchants, Fishers Lower Class: Enslaved People (Prisoners of war and criminals) Draw social pyramid

ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA- SUMERIAN PASTIMES Entertainment No longer had to hunt and gather. More time for fun times. Rich had more time than poor. Activities: BOARD GAMES INSTRUMENTS BARE FISTED BOXING Activities geared toward young and used for socializing.

The invention of Agriculture changed the way people lived. Agriculture (Farming) Growth of Cities Division of Labor (Specialization) Trade Writing and Mathematics

Think Write Pair Share Of the Sumerian inventions (other than writing), pick one and explain how it still impacts your life today

ACES Why was the invention of Cuneiform so important?