1. Adapted from Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS

3. Indo-European Migrations: 4m- 2m BCE The Middle East: “The Crossroads of Three Continents”

4. The Ancient Fertile Crescent Area The Middle East: “The Cradle of Civilization”

5. Sumerians

6. Sumerian Religion - Polytheistic Enki Innana Anthropomorphic Gods

7. Mesopotamian Trade “The Cuneiform World”

8. Cuneiform: “Wedge-Shaped” Writing

9. Cuneiform Writing

10. Sumerian Scribes “Tablet House”

11. Sumerian Cylinder Seals

12. Gilgamesh

13. Gilgamesh Epic Tablet: Flood Story

14. Ziggurat at Ur  Temple  “Mountain of the Gods”  Temple  “Mountain of the Gods”

15. The Royal Standard of Ur

16. Board Game From Ur

17. Sophisticated Metallurgy Skills at Ur

18. Sargon of Akkad: The World’s First Empire [Akkadians]

19. The Babylonian Empires

20. Hammurabi’s [r. 1792-1750 B. C. E.] Code

21. Hammurabi, the Judge