Warm-Up Write at least two sentences about the topics listed below. Map SkillsFive Themes of Geography

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Students will be able to… Locate and label various places on a map. City of UR Taurus Mountains City of Uruk Zagros Mountains City of Babylon Persian Gulf Tigris River Syrian Desert Euphrates River Arabian Desert Mesopotamia

Students will be able to… List the natural barriers that surrounds Mesopotamia. Locate various places on a map of the Middle East. Define the term Mesopotamia.

Materials needed for today’s lesson. Unlabeled Map

RULES FOR TODAY’S LESSON Follow Directions Raise Your Hand Before Speaking Or Leaving Your Seat Respect Your Classmates and Your Teacher Keep Hands, Feet, And Objects to Yourself

What are natural barriers?

List the natural barriers around Mesopotamia.

Natural barriers around Mesopotamia Zagros Mountains Red Sea Taurus Mountains Persian Gulf Arabian Desert Syrian Desert Tigris River Euphrates River Mediterranean Sea

Warm-Up 9/24/2013 Where did the earliest civilization develop?

Answer… to the warm-up Mesopotamia

Geography of the Fertile Crescent Why is Mesopotamia called The Fertile Crescent???

Geography of the Fertile Crescent Why is Mesopotamia called The Fertile Crescent???

Fertile Crescent Large area of fertile land that stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf.

Mesopotamia Land between two rivers.

Mesopotamia’s location Lay between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

How did Mesopotamia’s location shaped its development. Because it was near the rivers, Mesopotamia’s land was fertile and people established farming communities.

Tigris River A river that flowed along the northeast boundary of Mesopotamia.

Why was the Tigris and Euphrates rivers important? It provided water for irrigation It provided water for fish It provided water for food

Euphrates River A river that flowed along the southwest boundary of Mesopotamia.

Ancient Mesopotamia… Tigris and Euphrates Rivers flow into the Persian Gulf. Could the Persian Gulf flow into the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers???

Mesopotamia was mostly in the same area as modern day Iraq.

Two Empires of Mesopotamia