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AIM: WHY DID CIVILIZATIONS RISE AND FALL IN MESOPOTAMIA? DO NOW: DEFINE NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION MESOPOTAMIA SUMERIANS CUNEIFORM ZIGGURATS COACH SMITH

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AIM: WHY DID CIVILIZATIONS RISE AND FALL IN MESOPOTAMIA?

DO NOW: DEFINE

NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION

MESOPOTAMIA

SUMERIANS

CUNEIFORM

ZIGGURATSCOACH SMITH

COACH SMITH

Mesopotamia is the “land between therivers”…The Tigris and Euphrates rivers

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THE NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION

Around 10,000 years ago, people learned to farm and domesticate animals.

This event is called the Neolithic Revolution. It is a turning point.

Agriculture developed near rivers.

COACH SMITH

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COACH SMITH

Agriculture greatly changed societies.

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COACH SMITH

Agriculture developed in river valleys because rivers provided water forirrigation and transportation.

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THE EFFECTS OF THE NEOLITHIC REVOLUTION

When people learned to farm and domesticate animals, societies greatly changed.

Some of the effects of the Neolithic Revolution were:

People settled.

People built cities.

People developed civilizations.

COACH SMITH

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COACH SMITH

With the development of agriculture, people stopped being nomads.They settled.

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THE SUMERIANSThe Sumerians were the first people to develop a civilization.

A civilization is a complex society. Characteristics of a civilization include:

Agriculture and Agricultural Surplus

Specialization (Surplus allowed people to perform different jobs.)

Advanced Technology

Cities

Writing

COACH SMITH

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COACH SMITH

Specialization means that people performdifferent jobs. Some people farm whileothers are government officials.

MESOPOTAMIA

The Sumerians developed a civilization in Mesopotamia.

Mesopotamia is a Greek word. It means “between the rivers.”

Mesopotamia was the land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in present-day Iraq.

COACH SMITH

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COACH SMITH

The Sumerians built ziggurats. Zigguratswere Sumerian temples to the gods. The

Sumerians believed in many gods.Polytheism is the belief in many gods.

CUNEIFORM

The Sumerians also developed a system of writing.

Sumerian writing is called cuneiform.

The development of writing helped the Sumerians keep records.

COACH SMITH

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COACH SMITH

Cuneiform was Sumerian writing. It usedcharacters. Wedge-shaped characterswere pressed into clay tablets.

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QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION:

What was the Neolithic Revolution?

Where did the Neolithic Revolution begin?

How did societies change with the introduction of agriculture?

Define Mesopotamia.

Why is Mesopotamia referred to as the “cradle of civilization”?

List three accomplishments of the Sumerians.

Define cuneiform, ziggurat, and polytheism.

COACH SMITH

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