the sumerian civilization
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The Sumerian Civilization. SWBAT: Describe and explain the Sumerian Civilization. Aim: To examine the civilization of Sumer. Do Now: If you lived 5,000 years ago, where would you make your home? Would life be easy or hard? Why?. In what modern day country was the Fertile Crescent?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The Sumerian CivilizationSWBAT: Describe and explain the Sumerian Civilization.
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Aim: To examine the civilization of Sumer
Do Now:If you lived 5,000 years ago, where would you make your home?
Would life be easy or hard? Why?
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In what modern day country was the Fertile
Crescent?
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Geography
The Sumerian civilization rose in the valleys between the Tigris
and Euphrates rivers.
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Sumerian CivilizationThe _______ _______________ in ______________ was _________.By about ________ ______ ago, __________ along the ___________ and ___________ ________ had grown into busy _________.What did these city-states make-up?
What did various city-states fight over?
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Sumerians Invented Writing
This is cuneiform.Babylonians wrote using this “wedge-shaped” writing on clay tablets.The Sumerians invented writing.
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More cuneiform writing
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Economic: trade and farming
Sumerians (Mesopotamians) were known to trade with the Egyptians and the Indus Valley civilizations.In later years, these trade routes became Silk Road.
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Sumerians invented the wheel!
The wheel was invented by 6000 BC!It helped military, farming and trade.At right, this is made of wood.
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Ziggurats Pyramid Like
Temples
The largest buildings in city-states.
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Political:Mesopotamian Law
Code of Hammurabi“eye for an eye tooth for a tooth”
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ReligionWhat did the polytheistic Sumerians believe in?
What did each city-states have?
What were the largest buildings?
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VocabularyVillageRiverPoliticalCity-statesPolytheism Monotheism
Nature PyramidZigguratsGodGoddessCuniform
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SummaryWhat did you learn about the Sumerian Civilization?
Application:How did Sumer attract invasion and
migration? HOMEWORK
Compare Sumerian society to Egyptian society. How were they alike? How were they different?