1. Good afternoon. 1. Sit in your assigned seat from yesterday. 2
Good afternoon! 1. Sit in your assigned seat from yesterday. 2. Brainstorm 4-5 key things you think it takes to make a place or community CIVILIZED.

2. What Makes Us Civilized?

3. P.
Political Organization

4. P. E.
Political Organization
Economy

5. P. E. R.
Political Organization
Economy
Religion

6. P. E. R. S. Political Organization Economy Religion
Society/Social Classes

7. P. E. R. S. I. Political Organization Economy Religion
Society/Social Classes
Innovations/Technology

8. P. E. R. S. I. A. Political Organization Economy Religion
Society/Social Classes
Innovations/Technology
Art/Architecture

10. Mesopotamia:
"Land Between
the Two Rivers"

11. Mesopotamia Land Between Two Rivers

12. Crossroads of Three Continents

13. Mesopotamia The Fertile Crescent

14. Unpredictable flooding
No natural barriers for protection
Limited natural resources
Building materials and other necessary items were scarce

15. Sumerians 3000 BCE

16. Sumerian Political Organization
Priests with religious and power
Warrior kings
Defense
Dynasties
City-states—Ur
Laws
Taxes
Public Works
Ziggurats
Walled cities

17. Royal Standard of Ur What does this reveal about Mesopotamian culture?
Depicts scenes of war and peace
What does this reveal about Mesopotamian culture?

18. Economy Agriculture Trade Catastrophic floods
Irrigation
Canals
Date Palms, grains such as barley and wheat
Trade

19. Mesopotamian Trade from Egypt to India

20. Sumerian Cylinder Seals
Carved in reverse to leave a negative image. Used as receipts and to show ownership.

21. Religion
Polytheistic
Goddesses
Afterlife
Pessimistic

22. Society Social Hierarchy Kings, ruling family and Priests
Merchants, scribes, lesser priests
Peasant farmers
Slaves

23. Sumerian Scribes
Over 500 characters required years of schooling.

24. Innovations Cuneiform Canals, dams, irrigation Mud bricked walls
Wheeled vehicles, sail, plow
Number system
Arches, columns, ramps
Ziggurat

25. Cuneiform Wedge Shaped Writing on Clay Tablets
Earliest form of writing

26. Deciphering Cuneiform

27. Babylonian Empires

28. Hammurabi the Judge

29. Hammurabi’s Code
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