Warm-up Questions 9/9/19 Which statement implies that city-states fought each

other for farmland?

a) City-states had plenty of food supplies.

b) Crops had been destroyed by drought.

c) Every city-state wanted more farmland to grow food.

What type of person most likely became the first kings?

Mesopotamia

Sumerian Achievements

Ancient Civilizations

Teacher – Mr. Hollingsworth Room 116

Today’s Learning Targets I will use the academic vocabulary of this region and time

appropriately.

I will identify the physical and cultural features of this

region on a map.

I will outline Sumerian achievements.

Warm-up Questions Which statement implies that city-states fought

each other for farmland?a) City-states had plenty of food supplies.

b) Crops had been destroyed by drought.

c) Every city-state wanted more farmland to grow food.

What type of persons most likely became the first kings? War heroes

The Invention of Writing

Sumerians invented cuneiform. Scribes used a system of writing with styluses to make wedge shaped marks in clay tablets.

The Invention of Writing

Complete your handout as this material is discussed in class.

Notes are to go onto page six of your notebook.

The Invention of Writing

Compare your pictogram to the Sumerian pictogram.

Epic of Gilgamesh

This is the first known written epic. It is the story of a great Sumerian King.

Greeks wrote Hercules based upon this epic.

Advances & Inventions

Technical Advances:

Invented the wheel

Potter’s Wheel

Plow

Clock using falling water

Learned to use bronze

Advances & Inventions

Math & Sciences:

Math system based upon 60

360 degree circle

12 month year

Medical healing drugs

Key Terms Review

More than needed.

surplus

Human-made waterways.

Canals

Key Terms Review A way of supplying water to an area of land

irrigation

When each worker specializes in a particular task or job.

Division of labor

Key Terms Review

A large arc of rich, or fertile farmland

Fertile Crescent

A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks

Silt

Key Terms Review

The countryside

rural

City areas

urban

Key Terms Review

An independent city and its surrounding countryside

City-state

a land with different territories and peoples under a single ruler

empire

Key Terms Review

The worship of many gods

polytheism

People who perform religious ceremonies

priests

Key Terms Review

The division of a society by rank or class

social hierarchy

Key Terms Review

The world’s first known system of writing

cuneiform

A person who writes

scribe

Key Terms Review

A long poem that tells about great heroes and their deeds

epics

The science of building

architecture

Key Terms Review

A picture symbol

pictographs

A pyramid shaped temple tower

ziggurat

Key Terms Review

A wheeled horse-drawn cart used in battle.

chariot

Chunking

Map Items

Nile River

Euphrates River

Tigris River

Mediterranean Sea

Caspian Sea

Red Sea

Persian Gulf

Asia Minor

Mesopotamia

Syrian Desert

Arabian Peninsula

Taurus Mountains

Zagros Mountains

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Survey Why did scribes have power and influence in

Sumerian society?

People who could read and write were important.

What was the first known epic?

The Epic of Gilgamesh

Survey Ruler of the first known empire…

Sargon

What are pictures that are used as symbols called?

pictographs

Today’s Learning Targets I can use the academic vocabulary of this region and time

appropriately.

I can identify the physical and cultural features of this

region on a map.

I can outline Sumerian achievements.