1. https://docs.google.com/document/d/16lP7ZR9dSbv-Jz9ijewTp-W4NWr32YjG3QDIpb1vTyo/edit

4. Also known as: THE FERTILE CRESCENT Meaning: “Land Between Two Rivers”
MESOPOTAMIA 3500 BC – 1750 BC
Also known as: THE FERTILE CRESCENT Meaning: “Land Between Two Rivers”
Rivers: TIGRIS and EUPHRATES

6. EARLY SETTLERS 3300 B.C. Sumerians
1.Dug irrigation ditches – lack of water (Unpredictable flooding combined with periods of little or no rain)
2. Built City Walls – lack of natural barriers
3. Traded – lack of natural resources, especially building materials

8. ZIGGURAT Pyramid shaped monument “mountain of god”
Conducted rituals, sacrifices offerings to gods

9. RELIGION POLYTHEISTIC Over 3000 Gods example: ENLIL-god of storms/air
Wanted Gods protection in life

10. EPICS Long narrative poem celebrating deeds of heroes
Ex.) The Epic of Gilgamesh

11. Social Classes: (from highest to lowest)
Kings/Priests
Wealthy Merchants
Workers (majority)
Slaves

12. SOCIAL CLASSES 1. Priests/Kings 2. Wealthy Merchants
3. Workers Slaves
Women- more rights than later civilizations – hold property, pursue work, join priesthood, not allowed to attend schools – upper class could read & write

13. INVENTIONS
WHEEL,SAIL,PLOW WRITING, BRONZE WORKS,NUMBER SYSTEM (60)

14. Sumerians & arithmetic
Sumerians used arithmetic to:
Erect city walls & buildings
Plan irrigation systems
Survey flooded fields

15. ARCHITECTURE
ARCHES
COLUMNS
RAMPS
ZIGGURAT

16. Writing: Cuneiform Sumerian writing that consisted of pictographs
Developed a number system based on 60
Ex.) 60 seconds = 1 minute

17. Cuneiform

18. Mesopotamia: From Nomads to Farmers

19. Babylonian leader who led area to height of power
Hammurabi: (1792 BC-1750 BC)
Babylonian leader who led area to height of power

20. Hammurabi: (1792 BC-1750 BC) Created the Code of Hammurabi
First major written law code established
282 specific laws dealing with everything that effected the community

21. Hammurabi continued… Different punishments for rich and poor
Punishments often applied the principle of retaliation
Ex.) eye for an eye
codes were engraved on stone pillars and place throughout the empire