Mesopotamia Project

Mrs. Moser

Task 1 Create a title

page

Example

My Mesopotamia Project

World HistoryMrs. Moser6th GradeChateau Estates

Task 2It happened first in MesopotamiaGo to this website to read about the “firsts” in Mesopotamiahttp://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/world/newsid_2955000/2955531.stm

• Plow• Irrigation• Dikes• Cuneiform• Canals• 12 month calendar

Read the article about firsts in Mesopotamia Select 2 and design a visual that represents

them

Task 3 CuneiformGo to this website and read the storyhttp://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/writing/story/sto_set.htmlAnswer the Questions below: 1. What time period did people start to record the amounts of different crops?2. Draw the symbol for barley.3. What was usually next to the barley sign?4. What is the Sumerian word for fig cakes?5. Beside business and trade, what was cuneiform used for?6. Cuneiform script was used to write what other languages?7. Draw the sign for the ox c.600.

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Task 5 The Code of Hammurabi http://mesopotamiaprojectist.wordpress.com/2012/08/25/task-5/

Go to the website Create a page titled  “The Code of

Hammurabi”.  On the Code of Hammurabi page are

the laws of Hammurabi as translated from cuneiform.

Select four laws and write them out.  After each law, explain in your own

words what the law means in today’s world. 

Do you know if there are simliar laws?

Task 6 – Vocabulary Exercises

Create a page titled “Vocabulary Exercises”

Visit this website http://mesopotamiaprojectist.wordpress.com/important-vocabulary/ Copy the vocabulary words onto the

page

Task 7 – Ziggurats Go to  ziggurats at the British Museum.  Write a one page, multi-pargraph report on

ziggurats.  Include the following information -1. Explain what a ziggurat is.2. How and why they were built3. How does the building function in the culture. How does it effect daily life? 4. Famous ziggurats

Ziggurat Page 2 Go to this website:

http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/ziggurats/home_set.html

Draw and label a ziggurat

Play the challenge game.  At the bottom of your ziggurat

drawing, explain what you learned when you played the challenge game.

Task 8 – AstronomersGo research astronomers at the

British Museum.  Write a one page, multiparagraph

report on the astronomers in Mesopotamia.  Include the following information:1. Who is Aplum?2. What was Aplum’s job and what did he learn from his job?3. Why was his job important to Babylonians?4. What did Aplum need to do to add a month to the calendar?5. Did the King accept the extra month?

Astronomers Page 2

Explore some of the texts of the scribes of Enuma Anu Enlil. 

Describe what you learned in a paragraph.  Play the challenge game. 

Explaine what you learned from the game.

Task 9 – Ancient Sumerian Society Visit these websites:Classes of PeopleSumerian SocietyDaily LifeReligionSocial ClassesWrite a one page, multiparagraph

report on their society.  Include the following information:1. Description of their Daily Life2. Description of the social classes – Describe each class.  

  This section could be several paragraphs.3. Describe their religion. 

Task 10 - Map Find a map of ancient Mesopotamia and one that is current.Do your best to redraw this map (don’t trace). Redraw the outlines of the current nations that occupy the area and label them. Label the major rivers, lakes, mountains, and other major geographical places, including oceans and seas. Label the capital cities of the nations with a star next to them.Using a colored pencil, outline and fill in the area that used to be ancient Mesopotamia over the modern day map. Label the civilizations that were there. Label the major cities of these civilizations with a dot next to them.Color in the oceans and other water sources with blue. Make the land area green.Label this “The Middle East, Then and Now” and include it with your packet.