1. The FRAME Key Topic is about... So What? Details Main Idea Details Main Idea Details Main Idea Details Main Idea Mesopotamia

2. Map of Mesopotamia

3. The FRAME Key Topic is about... So What? Details Main Idea Details Main Idea Details Main Idea Details Main Idea Mesopotamia The geography, people, and culture of Mesopotamia Geography

4. Geography of Mesopotamia: Mesopotamia= Land between two rivers – The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers Part of the Fertile Crescent Home to the world’s earliest civilizations

5. Geography of Mesopotamia: Ziggurats= Religious temples in Mesopotamia

6. Map of Mesopotamia Euphrates Tigris Fertile Crescent

7. The FRAME Key Topic is about... So What? Details Main Idea Details Main Idea Details Main Idea Details Main Idea Mesopotamia The geography, people, and culture of Mesopotamia Geography Mesopotamia= Land b/w two rivers Tigris and Euphrates Rivers Part of the Fertile Crescent Home to the earliest civilizations E T Writing Forms Ziggurats= Religious temples in Meso

8. Writing Forms: Pictograms Pictograms= Earliest form of writings

9. Writing Forms: Cuneiform Cuneiform= Sumerian Writing – Wedge shaped writing

10. Writing Forms: Alphabet Alphabet= Phoenicians

11. The FRAME Key Topic is about... So What? Details Main Idea Details Main Idea Details Main Idea Details Main Idea Mesopotamia The geography, people, and culture of Mesopotamia Geography Mesopotamia= Land b/w two rivers Tigris and Euphrates Rivers Part of the Fertile Crescent Home to the earliest civilizations E T Writing Forms Pictograms= Earliest form of writing Cuneiform= Sumerian writing Alphabet= Phoenicians Phoenicians ABC Ziggurats= Religious temples in Meso

12. Who were the Phoenicians? Settled along the Mediterranean Coast (Part of the Fertile Crescent)

13. Map of Mesopotamia Euphrates Tigris Fertile Crescent Phoenicians

14. What did the Phoenicians do? They were great ship-builders and traders Created the world’s first alphabet – Used to help with trading and the exchange of money

15. The FRAME Key Topic is about... So What? Details Main Idea Details Main Idea Details Main Idea Details Main Idea Mesopotamia The geography, people, and culture of Mesopotamia Geography Mesopotamia= Land b/w two rivers Tigris and Euphrates Rivers Part of the Fertile Crescent Home to the earliest civilizations E T Writing Forms Pictograms= Earliest form of writing Cuneiform= Sumerian writing Alphabet= Phoenicians Phoenicians Settled along the Mediterranean Coast (part of Fertile Crescent) Phoenicians were great ship-builders and traders Created the alphabet Hebrews Ziggurats= Religious temples in Meso

16. The Hebrews: Settled between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River

17. The Hebrews: The Hebrews were the first to become monotheistic Founders of Judaism

18. Map of Mesopotamia Euphrates Tigris Fertile Crescent Phoenicians Hebrews

19. The FRAME Key Topic is about... So What? Details Main Idea Details Main Idea Details Main Idea Details Main Idea Hebrews were the first to become monotheistic Mesopotamia The geography, people, and culture of Mesopotamia Geography Mesopotamia= Land b/w two rivers Tigris and Euphrates Rivers Part of the Fertile Crescent Home to the earliest civilizations E T Writing Forms Pictograms= Earliest form of writing Cuneiform= Sumerian writing Alphabet= Phoenicians Phoenicians Settled along the Mediterranean Coast (part of Fertile Crescent) Phoenicians were great ship-builders and traders Created the alphabet Hebrews Settled between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River (part of Fertile Crescent in SW Asia) Founders of Judaism Ziggurats= Religious temples in Meso Mesopotamia is the birth-place of some of the earliest civilizations and forms of written language