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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?
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Mesopotamia
Sumerian Achievements
Ancient Civilizations
Teacher – Mr. Hollingsworth Room 116
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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.
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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
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The Invention of Writing
Sumerians invented cuneiform. Scribes used a system of writing with styluses to make wedge shaped marks in clay tablets.
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The Invention of Writing
Complete your handout as this material is discussed in class.
Notes are to go onto page six of your notebook.
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The Invention of Writing
Compare your pictogram to the Sumerian pictogram.
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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.
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Advances & Inventions
Technical Advances:
Invented the wheel
Potter’s Wheel
Plow
Clock using falling water
Learned to use bronze
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Advances & Inventions
Math & Sciences:
Math system based upon 60
360 degree circle
12 month year
Medical healing drugs
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Key Terms Review
More than needed.
surplus
Human-made waterways.
Canals
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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
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Key Terms Review
A large arc of rich, or fertile farmland
Fertile Crescent
A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks
Silt
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Key Terms Review
The countryside
rural
City areas
urban
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Key Terms Review
An independent city and its surrounding countryside
City-state
a land with different territories and peoples under a single ruler
empire
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Key Terms Review
The worship of many gods
polytheism
People who perform religious ceremonies
priests
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Key Terms Review
The division of a society by rank or class
social hierarchy
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Key Terms Review
The world’s first known system of writing
cuneiform
A person who writes
scribe
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Key Terms Review
A long poem that tells about great heroes and their deeds
epics
The science of building
architecture
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Key Terms Review
A picture symbol
pictographs
A pyramid shaped temple tower
ziggurat
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Key Terms Review
A wheeled horse-drawn cart used in battle.
chariot
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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
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Survey Ruler of the first known empire…
Sargon
What are pictures that are used as symbols called?
pictographs
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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.