1. Warm-up Questions Who created the first known empire? Sargon
What were the Sumerian gods associated with?
Natural elements.

2. Ancient Mesopotamia The Rise of Sumer Ancient Civilizations
Mr. Hollingsworth’s World History
Thursday – September 7, 2017

3. Alabama Course of Study
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.

4. Today’s Learning Targets
I will use the academic vocabulary of this region and time appropriately.
I will identify the physical and cultural features of this region on a map.
I will identify the geographical characteristics needed for a civilization to develop.
I will outline Sumerian achievements.

5. Warm-up Questions
Read the following passage:
“Go to school, stand before your ‘school-father,’ recite your assignment, open your schoolbag, write your tablet… After you have finished your assignment and reported to your monitor (teacher), come to me, and do not wander about in the street.”
What answer best describes the meaning of the passage?
Sumerians had few students to go to school.
Sumerians valued education for their children.
Monitors were very strict and demanded much from their students.

6. Warm-up Questions Who created the first known empire?
Sargon
What were the Sumerian gods associated with?
Natural elements.

7. Reading Check Questions
How did Sargon build an empire?
He was a very capable military leader and used a permanent army to defeat all the city-states of Sumer.
How did trade affect Sumerian society?
It brought important goods like copper and lumber to Sumer and led to greater wealth.

8. City-States of Sumer
What did a majority of the people of Sumer do for a living?
They were farmers.
What was the center of Sumerian society?
The cities.

9. City-States of Sumer
What was the determining factor in the size of a Sumerian city-state?
Its military strength.
What did city-states usually fight over?
to gain more farmland

10. Akkadian Empire
Besides the Sumerians, what other group of people lived along the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
Akkadians
Who conquered all of Sumer and established the first known empire?
Sargon

11. Akkadian Empire Who was eventually able to defeat the Akkadians?
The city-state of Ur.

12. Sumerian Religion How important was religion to the Sumerians?
It played a role in almost every aspect of Sumerian society.
What type of worship did Sumerians practice?
polytheism

13. Sumerian Religion
What did Sumerians need to do to have success in life?
Please the gods
Who performed religious ceremonies?
priests

14. Sumerian Social Order What was the social hierarchy of Sumer?
Kings – priests
Craftspeople, merchants, traders
Farmers and laborers (working class)
Slaves

15. Men & Women What was the role of the male in Sumer?
Political power & made laws
What was the role of the female in Sumer?
Take care of home and children

16. I can identify the physical and cultural features of this region on a map.

17. Key Terms Review More than needed. Human-made waterways. surplus
Canals
I can use the academic vocabulary of this region and time appropriately.

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

19. Key Terms Review A large arc of rich, or fertile farmland
Fertile Crescent
A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks
Silt
I can use the academic vocabulary of this region and time appropriately.

20. Key Terms Review
countryside.
rural .. .

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

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

23. 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
I can use the academic vocabulary of this region and time appropriately.

24. Today’s Learning Targets
I can use the academic vocabulary of this region and time appropriately.
I can identify the physical and cultural features of this region on a map.
I can identify the geographical characteristics needed for a civilization to develop.
I can outline Sumerian achievements.