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2. Topic:Empires of Mesopotamia Essential Question
How did later invasions of Mesopotamia introduce skills and ideas that still influence civilizations today?

3. Think about it: what is your definition of a city state?
Write your idea on the backside of your notes
Pair up: at your tables, discuss your definitions and compare
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4. City States of Sumer
The first cities in Sumer had about 10,000 residents
By 2,000 BCE cities grew to around 100,000
As a result the basic political unit of Sumer combined the countryside and the city
Known as a City-State

5. City States of Sumer
City-states with strong military presence controlled larger areas
City-states in Sumer fought each other to gain more farmland
For protection each city state:
Built stronger armies
Thick walls around their cities

6. Rise of the Akkadians
For approximately 1,000 years Sumerian city-states fought for dominance
One society developed where the Tigris & Euphrates almost meet
North of Sumer
Akkadians
Lived in peace with Sumerians for many years

7. Rise of the Akkadians
Around 2300 BCE the Akkadian king Sargon began extending territory
Built the city of Akkad (modern day Baghdad)
Sargon had a permanent army
Defeated all city-states & northern Mesopotamia

8. Rise of the Akkadians Sargon brought together the entire region
Established the world’s first Empire
Land with different territories and peoples under a single rule
Stretched from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea

9. Rise of the Akkadians
After Sargon leaders could not keep the empire safe from other empires
Later the Sumerians became the most powerful civilization in the region.

11. People of the Fertile Crescent
You’re going to discover the people of the Fertile Crescent and later empires
Read page & to fill in the chart below.
You are summarizing for each section & empire (2-3 sentences) IN YOUR WORDS

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13. People of the Fertile Crescent
TASK: discover the people of the Fertile Crescent and later empires and complete the summary chart
TALK: How did later invasions of Mesopotamia introduce skills and ideas that still influence civilizations today?
TEAM: Elbow Partners
TOTAL TIME: Until the end of class
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