1. Bell Ringer
Make a list of all of the times you’ve used writing today

2. ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA- “THE LAND BETWEEN TWO RIVERS”
OBJECTIVE: Understand how Sumerian Civilization was organized and their technological advances

3. ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA- Vocabulary
City-state
Cuneiform
Scribe
Empire

4. Agenda
Review
Vocabulary
Writing
Social Structure

5. ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA- SUMERIAN CIVILIZATION
BELIEVED TO BE SETTLED CA B.C.
DIVIDED INTO CITY-STATES
HELPED TO DEVELOP THE FIRST FORM OF ORGANIZED RELIGION
CREATED ONE OF THE EARLIEST FORM OF WRITING

6. City-States
Independent state made up by a city and the surrounding land and villages
Had its own government and was not part of any other larger unit

7. ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA- SUMERIAN CITY-STATES
ALWAYS IN CONSTANT CONFLICT OVER WATER RIGHTS AND LAND
Went to war with one another
Wanted glory, land, and water
CREATED WALLS FOR PROTECTION, WITH MOATS ALONG THE OUTSIDE
FARMS WERE LOCATED ALONG THE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY

8. City States
With the rise of cities came the need for Government?

9. Religion

10. ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA- SUMERIAN RELIGION
Ziggurats: pyramid site of the temple of the main gods.
Each city-state had their own gods and goddesses
Sun god – most important.
Life after death was an extension of life.

11. Ziggurat – Mountain of God

12. Sumerian Religion Monotheism: worshiping one god.
“Mono” – means one
Polytheism: worshiping many gods.
“Poly” – means many

13. Ziggurat Large pyramid shaped structures Connected to heaven and earth
Ziggurat: “center for learning and religion”

14. Writing: Cuneiform

15. Telephone
Reflection

16. ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA- SUMERIAN WRITING
CALLED CUNEIFORM (LATIN FOR WEDGE)
WRITTEN ON CLAY TABLETS
NEEDED FOR RELIGION, GOVERNMENT, AND TRADE
LEARNED IN SCHOOL, BY MALES THAT LASTED FROM SUNRISE TO SUNSET
Record Keepers known as SCRIBES

17. Think Write Pair Share
How is education different today?

18. Sumerian Writing: cuneiform
Cuneiform is created by pressing a pointed stylus into a clay tablet.

19. Sumerians invented: Wheel Sailboat Plow- made farming easier
Time – 60 minutes in an hour, 60 seconds in a minute
12 month lunar calendar

20. Economy

21. ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA- SUMERIAN ECONOMY
Make, sell or barter goods.
Trade helped expansion.
Development of money
Will evolve over time.

22. Life in Sumer
JOBS:
Artisans: skilled workers who made metal products, cloth, and pottery
Merchants and Traders: Traveled to other cities to trade tools, wheat, and barley for copper, tin, and timber

23. Life in Sumer Social Classes:
Upper Class: Priests, Kings, Gov. Officials
Middle Class: Artisans, Farmers, Merchants, Fishers
Lower Class: Enslaved People (Prisoners of war and criminals)
Draw social pyramid

24. ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA- SUMERIAN PASTIMES
Entertainment
No longer had to hunt and gather.
More time for fun times.
Rich had more time than poor.
Activities:
BOARD GAMES
INSTRUMENTS
BARE FISTED BOXING
Activities geared toward young and used for socializing.

25. The invention of Agriculture changed the way people lived.
Agriculture (Farming)
Growth of Cities
Division of Labor (Specialization)
Trade
Writing and Mathematics

26. Think Write Pair Share
Of the Sumerian inventions (other than writing), pick one and explain how it still impacts your life today

27. ACES
Why was the invention of Cuneiform so important?