Vocabulary
Civilization - A complex society with cities, government, are, religion, class, and writing.
River valley Civilization - First Civilization
Sumer - The earliest-known Civilization in the fertile crescent
Fertile Crescent - Area of fertile land in the middle east
Mesopotamia - means "Land Between the Rivers"
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers - Rivers surrounded Mesopotamia
Irrigation - Moving water for grow food
City- State - isolated cities that functioned like small countries
Ziggurat - means "mountain of gods"
Artisans - skilled workers that made useful products
coniform - First form of writing; uses wedged-shaped symbols
scribes - Record Keepers; Those who can write
Epic of Gilgamesh - The world's oldest known story; comes from Sumer
Sargon - King of the Akkadians; first to conquer all of Mesopotamia
Empire - A group of many different lands under one ruler
Babylon - City built by Hammurabi
Hammurabi - King of the babylonian Empire; famous for his law codes
Hammurabi's Code - First organized and written code that all could see
River valley Civilization - First Civilization
Sumer - The earliest-known Civilization in the fertile crescent
Fertile Crescent - Area of fertile land in the middle east
Mesopotamia - means "Land Between the Rivers"
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers - Rivers surrounded Mesopotamia
Irrigation - Moving water for grow food
City- State - isolated cities that functioned like small countries
Ziggurat - means "mountain of gods"
Artisans - skilled workers that made useful products
coniform - First form of writing; uses wedged-shaped symbols
scribes - Record Keepers; Those who can write
Epic of Gilgamesh - The world's oldest known story; comes from Sumer
Sargon - King of the Akkadians; first to conquer all of Mesopotamia
Empire - A group of many different lands under one ruler
Babylon - City built by Hammurabi
Hammurabi - King of the babylonian Empire; famous for his law codes
Hammurabi's Code - First organized and written code that all could see
EQ) How did the Mesopotamian Civilization develop.
The Mesopotamia Civilization formed thousands of years ago. The Mesopotamian area is boarded by the two rivers Tigris and Euphrates river. Mesopotamian means "The land Between the rivers" located in the eastern part of the fertile crescent. Mesopotamia has hot, dry climate, also during the spring there are flood that leave rich soil but the flood ruins crops. Over time they learned how build water ways and discovered how to water crops by Irrigate Water to crops. Around 3000 B.C.E cite were built southern Mesopotamian and was known as sumer
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What did we learn from the Past
Problem) In the Mesopotamia area had floods that ruined crops but left fertile mud for crops.
Solution) If I for some reason became a farmer i would learn Irrigation for crops and built dams to stop floods and same my crops.
Solution) If I for some reason became a farmer i would learn Irrigation for crops and built dams to stop floods and same my crops.