City – States of MesopotamiaMr. FolkersmaWorld HistorySault Area High School

Mesopotamia “The Land Between the Rivers”

Tigris & Euphrates Rivers Thought to be the location of the Garden of

Eden. Located in Modern Day Iraq

Land was fertile, and produce an surplus of food.

Assignment Part 1:

Problems Identify the issues

that Sumerians faced with living in Mesopotamia

Solutions Explain the

solutions that the Sumerians came up with to solve their issues.

Hint: Sec 1 – Page 29 & 30

City-States Functioned as independent country Cities were surrounded by fields of

barley and wheat Priest and Rulers controlled the city-

states Sometimes they were military led.

Assignment Part 2: Discuss what Sumerian Culture was like:

Religion Society Science and Technology

Three Key points for each subtopic

Hammurabi’s Code of Laws8. If a man has stolen an ox, a sheep, a pig, or a boat that belonged to a temple or palace, he shall repay thirty times its cost. If it belonged to a private citizen, he shall repay ten times. If the thief cannot pay, he shall be put to death.

Hammurabi’s Code of Laws196. If a man put out the eye of another man, his eye shall be put out.

198. If he puts out he eye of a freed man or break the bone of a free man, he shall pay one gold mina.

199. If he put out the eye of a man’s slave, or break the bone of a man’s slave, he shall pay one-half of its value.