PreAP Warm-up Questions  Read the passage on page 70 at the top of the right column. What answer best describes the meaning of the passage? a. Sumerians had few students to go to school. b. Sumerians valued education for their children. c. Monitors were very strict and demanded much from their students.  Who created the first known empire?(65)  What characteristic did the Sumerians believe their gods possessed? (67)

Mesopotamia & the Fertile Crescent Sumerian Achievements Ancient Civilizations Mr. Hollingsworth World History

Alabama Course of Study AAnalyze characteristics of early civilizations in respect to technology, division of labor, government, calendar, and writings. Comparing significant features of civilizations that developed in the Tigris-Euphrates valleys. Identifying on a map locations of cultural hearths of early civilizations.

Today’s Learning Targets II can define the vocabulary terms specific to this region and time. II can locate major physical features of Mesopotamia on a map. II can identify the achievements of the Sumerians.

PreAP Warm-up Questions  Read the passage on page 70 at the top of the right column. What answer best describes the meaning of the passage? a. Sumerians had few students to go to school. b. Sumerians valued education for their children. c. Monitors were very strict and demanded much from their students. Answer B

PreAP Warm-up Questions  Who created the first known empire? Sargon  What characteristic did the Sumerians believe their gods possessed? To be worshipped and pleased.

Warm-up Questions  What type of person most likely became the first kings? Great warriors

Warm-up Questions  What was the name of the Akkadian king who created the first known empire? Sargon

Warm-up Questions  What characteristic did the Sumerians believe their gods possessed? To be worshiped and pleased.

Key Terms Review  More than needed. surplus  Human-made waterways. canals

Key Terms Review  A pyramid shaped temple tower. Ziggurat  A wheeled horse-drawn cart used in battle. chariot

Key Terms Review  A city and its surrounding countryside. city-state  The worship of many gods. polytheism

Key Terms Review  A way of supplying water to an area of land irrigation  When each worker specializes in a particular task or job. Division of labor

Key Terms Review  A long poem that tells the story of heroes and great deeds. epics  A recorder in the Sumerian writing system. scribe

Key Terms Review  city. urban  People who perform religious ceremonies. priests

Key Terms Review  A ruler of a kingdom or empire. monarch  The science of building. architecture

Key Terms Review  A picture that also has a meaning in communication. pictographs  A set of letters that can be combined to form words. alphabet

Key Terms Review  A large arc of rich, or fertile farmland Fertile Crescent  A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks silt

Key Terms Review  countryside. rural  King of Uruk’s kings and an epic hero. Gilgamesh

Key Terms Review  Land with different territories and peoples under a single ruler. empire  The division of society by rank or class. social hierarchy

Key Terms Review  The world’s first known writing system. Cuneiform

Elements of Civilization  What are the 5 elements of a civilization? language religion system of writing government art & architecture

Sumerian Society

Sumerian Achievements  You are now going to complete a one-pager on Sumerian achievements. This will be due at the end of class.

Today’s Learning Targets II can define the vocabulary terms specific to this region and time. II can locate major physical features of Mesopotamia on a map. II can identify the achievements of the Sumerians.