mesopotamia: the land between the rivers mr. ornstein willow canyon high school
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Mesopotamia: The Land Between the Rivers
Mr. Ornstein
Willow Canyon High School
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Answer???
Why is it good for students to know their student handbook? How does it protect you from teachers and administrators?
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What does Mesopotamia Mean?
Land Between the Two RiversGreekBetween the Tigris and
Euphrates
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Where is Mesopotamia?
Between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Modern Day IraqPart of the Fertile
Crescent
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Fertile Crescent
Arc of Fertile Land from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf
Rich Soil and Abundant Crops Made It Possible to Sustain the Earliest Civilizations
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Fertile Crescent
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Crescent NOT Croissant
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The Oldest Cradle of Civilization
Mesopotamia Was the Oldest Cradle of Civilization
The First Cities Developed in Mesopotamia
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Location not Civilization
Mesopotamia is a Location and Not One Single Civilization
A Number of Different Civilizations Lived in Mesopotamia
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Who Lived in Mesopotamia??
SumeriansBabyloniansAssyriansPersians
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The Sumerians
3000 BCSeparate City-States (City that is
its own country)
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The Sumerians
Cuneiform-one of the earliest forms of writing
Ziggurats- pyramid like structuresFirst CitiesMud Brick WallsIrrigation Systems
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Cuneiform
How was Cuneiform like Egyptian Hieroglyphics?
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Ziggurats
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Mesopotamians Were Polytheistic
Mesopotamians Believed in Many Gods.
City-States Worshipped Their Own Gods
Ziggurats Were to honor the God of the City-State
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Babylonians
Great Ancient City of BabylonOne of the First Large Empires in
HistoryGreat King HammurabiFirst Law Code
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Code of Hammurabi
First Known Written Law Code282 Laws“Eye for an Eye”Unequal Penalties for Rich and
Poor
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Sargon of Akkad
Created First Empire
Empire-Large Amount of Land or People under One ruler
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Answer
How are city-states different from Empires?
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Achievements of Mesopotamia
First Civilization First Cities First Law Codes Epic of Gilgamesh-
one of the first great books
Cuneiform Ziggurats
The WheelFirst Empire Irrigation
SystemsMud WallsAchievements in
Math and Science
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Answer for Collection
Which Achievement is most significant and why?
Why is Hammurabi’s Code Important?
What two geographic features made life possible in Mesopotamia