Hunter Flynn, Trevor Janoskie, Daniel Jenkins, and Sam Kuhn.

Slides:



Advertisements
Similar presentations
The Fertile Crescent.
Advertisements

Mesopotamian Civilization: Part 1 Begun 8/18/2014 Need more help? me or come to office hours- Wed. AM or Thur. PM.
Mesopotamia. 1. Sumer a. Geography i. Located in an area called the Fertile Crescent 1. It is a region that curves between the Mediterranean Sea and the.
“City-States in Mesopotamia”
Mesopotamia and Hammurabi’s Code. Why was Mesopotamia so special? The two rivers The Tigris and the Euphrates flow southeastward towards the Persian Gulf.
City-States in Mesopotamia
Chapter 2 Section 1. Fertile Crescent Mesopotamia Ziggurat City-State Polytheism Dynasty Cuneiform Sargon Hammurabi.
WARM UP/ EQ  What are the five characteristics of a civilization?
Category 1Category 2Category 3Category
Chapter 2 Notes. City-States in Mesopotamia The earliest civilization in Asia rises in _____ and organizes into city-states.
Mesopotamia and Sumer Preview Starting Points Map: Fertile Crescent
The Akkadians and The Babylonians
The Fertile Crescent The FC was in present day Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Syria & Iraq.
Sumerians of Mesopotamia 3,300 B.C.. I.Geography: Sumerians settle Mesopotamia around 3,300 B.C. and begin the first civilization began in the Fertile.
9/20 Focus: –Hammurabi established the Babylonian Empire in Mesopotamia. –Hammurabi created one of the first code of laws that would apply to everyone.
4 Early River Valley Civilizations Sumerian Civilization - Tigris & Euphrates Rivers (Mesopotamia) Egyptian Civilization - Nile River Harappan Civilization.
Early River Valley Civilizations  Persian Gulf to Mediterranean Sea  Some of the best farming land, the Fertile Crescent  Plain area called.
Chapter 2 Section 1 Notes. I. Geography of the Fertile Crescent.
Mesopotamia. What elements of Civilization do you see in this picture?
DO NOW Mesopotamia Video – Notes Review for TEST Thursday September 26 Friday September 27.
Ancient Mesopotamia: Ch.1.3 & 2.1
Mesopotamian Geography General Mesopotamia CivilizationEmpires
Mesopotamia VocabularySocial Hierarchy $300 $400 $500 Neolithic Age $100 $200 $100 Leaders $500.
The Revolving Door of Mesopotamia
Key Vocabulary Sensational Sumer Marvelous Mesopotamia Awesome Empires Fabulous Phoenicians Harsh Hammurabi Legacies Potpourri
The Land Between Two Rivers
Ancient Civilizations: Mesopotamia. Geography & Environment “the land between the rivers…”
World History Chapter 2A Early River Valley Civilizations.
Phase Scoreboard X O Click Here if S Wins Click Here if A Wins.
Flashback! How did the Sumerians gain their wealth? What were the Sumerians' three major contributions in terms of technology? What was the social structure.
Mesopotamia. The Impact of Geography Greeks called the area between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers Mesopotamia The area lies in The Fertile Crescent,
9/24 Focus:9/24 Focus: –Hammurabi established the Babylonian Empire in Mesopotamia. –Hammurabi created one of the first code of laws that would apply to.
Mesopotamia The Heart of Civilization. Where was Mesopotamia? Mesopotamia is Greek for land between the rivers. It was located between the Tigris and.
Mesopotamia “The Land Between Two Rivers”. 1st Civilization The following refer to the same region, but become more specific Fertile Crescent Mesopotamia.
The Civilization of Sumer. Agriculture in Mesopotamia Local people of southern Mesopotamia began to solve the issues of the two rivers with new technologies.
ONE OF THE FIRST KNOWN CIVILIZATIONS
RIVER VALLEY CIVILIZATIONS FERTILE CRESCENT MESOPOTAMIA
LO: Understand key information about Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia: Land Between the Rivers
Mesopotamia: Land Between the Rivers
The Akkadians and The Babylonians
Daily Focus Skills Transparency 1
City-States in Mesopotamia
Complex Institutions – describe their government, religion and economy
Vocabulary Fertile Crescent- Area of fertile land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers City-state- City within a certain region that had its own government,
Aim: Why Did the World’s First Civilization Begin in Mesopotamia?
Mesopotamia.
Chapter 1 Section 2 Mesopotamia.
City-States in Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia.
Civilization: a group of people who have reached an advanced stage of development; sometimes extended to people who did not write and were nomadic, but.
Ancient Mesopotamia: UNIT STUDY GUIDE
Tigris & Euphrates River Valley
Foundations of Civilization
City-States in Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia: Land Between the Rivers
WARM UP What one thing is necessary for a city to arise?
Mesopotamia and Sumer Preview Starting Points Map: Fertile Crescent
Look closely at the satellite images above
Mesopotamia and The Sumerians
November 15, 2018 Global History through Literacy Agenda:
Civilization & Mesopotamia
The first humans were hunters and gatherers.
Today’s Middle East -- Iraq Charlie Brown’s Boot
Mesopotamia and Sumer Preview Starting Points Map: Fertile Crescent
Mesopotamia. Before you say something bad about someone, think about a person who can not speak.
Civilization & Mesopotamia
Early River Valley Civilizations
Mesopotamia: Land Between the Rivers
History 8/3-Who or what is this according to historians?
Presentation transcript:

Hunter Flynn, Trevor Janoskie, Daniel Jenkins, and Sam Kuhn

Early Sumerian maps.

 Located on the Euphrates river  Mostly rely on trade and agriculture  Speak Sumerian  Invented cuneiform  Invented plow, wheel, and sail

 Polythiestic - believed in many gods  3 main gods- Enki, Inanna and Enlil

RRuled by a priest king and high priests 33 groups of citizens WWomen were not equal to men

 Lived from B.C  He took a little city and turned it into a vast empire  Code of Hammurabi ◦ 282 laws

 3000 B.C- Civilized culture develops  2230 B.C- Akkadian Dynasty ends

 2130 B.C- Sumer regains independence from Akkadian rule

 1300 B.C- Assyrians control all of Mesopotamia

11000 B.C- Fall of the empire

Map of the Empire.

            World History Book