Warmup 5 On the back of yesterdays notes

Warmup #5 On the back of yesterday’s notes, fill in the boxes below of examples of the 5 characteristics of a civilization Characteristics of a Civilization: Advanced Cities Current Example Specialized Workers Detroit, Mt Pleasant, Grand Rapids Church, Mt Pleasant city government, Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe Teachers, Doctors, Lawyers Advanced Technology Computers, Smart phones Record Keeping Laws, receipts, tax rolls, Complex Institutions

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3300 BCE Sumer was formed http: //realhistoryww. com/world_history/ancient/Sumer_Iraq_1 a. htm http: //www. freedomtek. org/en/invisibles/fallen_angels. php Located in the Fertile Crescent • Rich soils allowed for farming • Mesopotamia—land between the rivers • Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

• Houses made of clay bricks • Relied on rivers to trade goods • First to invent wheeled vehicles • Built ziggurats- Temples to worship Gods • Created Cuneiform—writing which used wedged marks https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=u 7 Jsfw. Ac. Co 0 http: //www. crystalinks. com/ziggurat. html http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/File: Sumerian_26 th_c_Adab. jpg

http: //balkhandshambhala. blogspot. com/2013/03/royal-tombs-of-ur-2500 -bc. html Sumeria’s city of Ur

Around 1900 s Sumerians were conquered by Sargon of Akkad, then eventually by Hammurabi of Babylon http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Sargon_of_Akkad http: //www. findabout. net/hammurabi. html http: //www. fournel. org/history. htm

____ Absolute Location ____ Relative Location ____ Place ____ Movement ____ Human-Environment Interaction ____ Region A. Created farmland B. Fertile Crescent C. Between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers D. Used rivers to trade E. 32 N 47 E F. Rich soil and rivers