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City – States of Mesopotamia

City – States of Mesopotamia. Mr. Folkersma World History Sault Area High School. Mesopotamia. “The Land Between the Rivers” Tigris & Euphrates Rivers Thought to be the location of the Garden of Eden. Located in Modern Day Iraq Land was fertile, and produce an surplus of food.

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City – States of Mesopotamia

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  1. City – States of Mesopotamia Mr. Folkersma World HistorySault Area High School

  2. Mesopotamia • “The Land Between the Rivers” • Tigris & Euphrates Rivers • Thought to be the location of the Garden of Eden. • Located in Modern Day Iraq • Land was fertile, and produce an surplus of food.

  3. Assignment Part 1: Problems Solutions Explain the solutions that the Sumerians came up with to solve their issues. • Identify the issues that Sumerians faced with living in Mesopotamia Hint: Sec 1 – Page 29 & 30

  4. City-States • Functioned as independent country • Cities were surrounded by fields of barley and wheat • Priest and Rulers controlled the city-states • Sometimes they were military led.

  5. Assignment Part 2: • Discuss what Sumerian Culture was like: • Religion • Society • Science and Technology • Three Key points for each subtopic

  6. Hammurabi’s Code of Laws 8. If a man has stolen an ox, a sheep, a pig, or a boat that belonged to a temple or palace, he shall repay thirty times its cost. If it belonged to a private citizen, he shall repay ten times. If the thief cannot pay, he shall be put to death.

  7. Hammurabi’s Code of Laws 196. If a man put out the eye of another man, his eye shall be put out. 198. If he puts out he eye of a freed man or break the bone of a free man, he shall pay one gold mina. 199. If he put out the eye of a man’s slave, or break the bone of a man’s slave, he shall pay one-half of its value.

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