BABYLONIAN ZIGGURAT MESOPOTAMIAN EMPIRES 1 Sumer ancient Sumers

BABYLONIAN ZIGGURAT

MESOPOTAMIAN EMPIRES 1. Sumer ancient Sumer’s city-states (3000 B. C. - 1800 B. C. ) 2. Babylonian Empire ( 1800 B. C. - 1200 B. C. ) 3. Assyrian Empire (1200 B. C. - 539 B. C. )

GEOGRAPHY 1. What two rivers run through the Fertile Crescent? Tigris & Euphrates Rivers 2. What body of water do the two rivers flow into? Persian Gulf 3. In what present day country is Mesopotamia located? Iraq, Iran…

*NOTES* ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA (4000 B. C. ) “land in between the rivers” Why was this a perfect place for the 1 st civilization? 1. Fertile Crescent - large arc of fertile land in the Middle East 2. Tigris & Euphrates Rivers made it possible for farming 3. Cattle, pigs, goats & sheep were accessible

*NOTES* WHAT CHALLENGES DID PEOPLE FACE IN MESOPOTAMIA? 1. Unpredictable floods destroyed crops, homes & people 2. Marshy areas unsuitable for farming 3. This land was vulnerable to attack and invasion

SUMERIAN WRITING Cuneiform Written on clay tablets created by pressing a pointed tool into

SUMERIAN ECONOMY ü Make, sell or barter (trade) goods ü Trade helped expand cities ü Development of money over time

SUMERIAN ECONOMY RICH POOR ügovernment officials üFarmers üCraftsman üreligious leaders (middle class) ütraders

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

THE MANY PEOPLE OF MESOPOTAMIA: Cheat Sheet 1. Sumer : Known for written language 2. Babylonia: Known for creating Laws (Hammurabi’s Code) 3. Assyria: Known for being strong warriors

AIM: How did geography encourage the rise of civilization in Mesopotamia? DO NOW: (1) I am a group of people working together to create an civilization organized society _________ (2) I am the geographic feature where early people settled River valleys ________ (3) I am two features of a civilization that helps to bring Writing system & _______ roads people together ______