The Fertile Crescent The First Empires Students will

The Fertile Crescent The First Empires Students will quietly enter the room, find your seats and discuss your three sticky notes on pages 118 -123 with your row group. Central Question: • How do different people groups living in Mesopotamia influence each other? (4. 5 i) Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.

The Fertile Crescent The First Empires What would you do if someone treated you unfairly? Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.

The Fertile Crescent The First Empires Key Ideas Sargon formed the world’s first empire by conquering the Sumerian city-states. The Babylonian emperor Hammurabi created an important legal code. Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.

The Fertile Crescent The First Empires Key Terms empire—state containing several countries or territories cultural trait—idea or way of doing things that is common in a certain culture Hammurabi’s Code—a set of laws that governed life in the Babylonian empire rule of law—the idea that all members of a society, even the rich and powerful, must obey the law Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.

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The Fertile Crescent The First Empires What were some causes and effects of conflict in Sumer? Causes Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved. Effects

The Fertile Crescent The First Empires Sargon Builds an Empire Sargon changed the language to Akkadian and gave key positions to loyal Akkadians. Sargon’s troops spread their cultural traits as they traveled through the Fertile Crescent. Sargon appointed local rulers, each of whom served as king of the land he oversaw. Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.

The Fertile Crescent The First Empires Sargon’s Empire Ends What helped cause the end of Sargon’s empire? Who united Sumer after Sargon? Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.

The Fertile Crescent The First Empires The Babylonian Empire The Amorites took control over some Sumerian cities. Hammurabi led Babylon to become a powerful empire. Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.

The Fertile Crescent The First Empires Hammurabi’s Code Why do the laws in Hammurabi’s Code use an “if. . . then” structure? How did Hammurabi’s Code differ from the Ur-Nammu law code? Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.

The Fertile Crescent The First Empires How did Sargon build the world’s first empire and what were the effects? Causes Effects Sargon build the world’s first empire. Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.

The Fertile Crescent Rotations Rotation 1 Group 3 Research Station WB p 49 Group 2 Handheld Device Group 4 WB p 49 Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved. Rotation 2 Not today Group 1 Group 3 Group 2 Group 4