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Ancient Mesopotamia

Ancient Mesopotamia. Find A Picture in Chapter 4-6 . Look through Ch. 4 – 6 in your Textbook. Pg 33-61 Find one picture that interests you. Write down the page number of your image In your notebook make 2 observations Ask a question about the picture (something you would like to know).

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Ancient Mesopotamia

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  1. Ancient Mesopotamia

  2. Find A Picture in Chapter 4-6 Look through Ch. 4 – 6 in your Textbook. Pg 33-61 Find one picture that interests you. • Write down the page number of your image • In your notebook make 2 observations • Ask a question about the picture (something you would like to know).

  3. KWL Chart Mesopotamia Look through the Mesopotamia Magazine Identify words you recognize. Ask questions about things you think are interesting.

  4. What things make our country civilized?

  5. Stable Food Supply • Farming is required • More food supports larger populations • Invention: The Plow

  6. Social Structure • Different jobs and social levels • Your status affects your quality of life • Slavery appears in the lowest classes

  7. Government • Makes life orderly • Protects and guides the people • Creates and enforces laws

  8. Religion/Philosophy • A set of beliefs • A common way of life

  9. Developed Culture • Art forms such as music, art, architecture, and literature • Proof of advanced thinking strategies

  10. Technology • Practical tools and inventions • Creations to make life easier • Wheel created in 3500 B.C.E.

  11. Writing • Detailed written language • Created from a more basic form: Pictographs • Used to record information about society

  12. Categorize the areas of civilization we have listed

  13. In groups of 3 create a city of the future. • Create a name for your city. • Select a location for your city. • Draw a city layout/describe buildings. • Create an organized structure (civilization) for your city. Remember: How would your people get food? What different social levels do people have? How will your city be run? What laws will it have? What religion/beliefs/morals will your people follow? How will the arts be represented in your city? What kind of technology will you have? What is your system of record keeping? What does it look like?

  14. Name a problem you recently facedHow did you solve this problem?

  15. Write one paragraph describing the 2 leaders below. Who would you rather have be your leader? Leader # 1 Leader #2 One time, a group of kids was caught stealing apples. They were reported to the leader who was upset ordered them buried alive with holes for air and some water so they could "eat each other and live longer". He ordered that the last survivor be set free and given some gold. Your leader is so confident about his Kingdom's honesty that he placed a golden cup in the center of a public plaza. Thousands used the plaza daily and the cup remained there throughout his reign. The punishment for a thief was death.

  16. Vampire

  17. Vlad Dracula • Born in 1431 C.E. • Son of Dracul (a secret order) – meaning dragon/devil • Ruled in Europe (Transylvania) • Impaled many people • Often ate dinner while they died

  18. Bran Castle

  19. What parts of the vampire tale are based on the life of Vlad Dracula

  20. The Fertile Crescent • Modern day Iraq • Meso (Greek) = middle • Potamos (Greek) = river • “The land between the rivers”

  21. Ancient Sumer • Earliest knowncivilization • Southern Mesopotamia • The first city builders • Each city had its own government and god

  22. Epic of Gilgamesh

  23. Why was Six afraid of Seven? Because 7 8 9.

  24. In your Journal Write one paragraph (4-6 sentences) describing a time you met your best friend or a really good friend.

  25. Gilgamesh’s Description Supreme over other kings, lordly in appearance, he is the hero, born of Uruk, the goring wild bull. He walks out in front, the leader, and walks at the rear, trusted by his companions. Mighty net, protector of his people, raging flood wave who destroys even walls of stone! Two thirds of him is god, one third of him is human.

  26. A Message of Ancient Days Turn to page 164 Read the Luring of Enkidu

  27. Why did Gilgamesh choose the Priestess to deal with Enkidu? • How did Enkidu react when he saw Harim? • What did the Priestess teach Enkidu? • How did the animals react to Enkidu after he became like a human? • Was the priestess successful?

  28. Discuss our in-class simulation of Settlers of Catan. Did you enjoy the first day or second day more? Why did you enjoy it?

  29. Akkadian Empire • Years: 2300 B.C.E. – 2100 B.C.E. • Main Ruler: Sargon • Capital: Agade • First empire ever • Strong army • Broke down city walls • Replaced leaders with loyal followers

  30. Babylonian Empire • Years: 1800 B.C.E. – 1500 B.C.E. • Main Ruler: Hammurabi • Capital: Babylon • Created one set of laws • United under the god Marduk • The Empire was well kept

  31. With a partner read one of the assigned laws of Hammurabi. Respond to the questions. When finished select another law. Respond to the questions.

  32. Do you want to live under these law? Do you think these laws were harsh or easy? Why do you think a ruler would make these laws?

  33. If this were a game of Settlers of Catan, Which player would you want to be? (yellow, blue, red, or white) Identify one strength and one weakness of that civilization.

  34. Assyrian Empire • Years: 911 B.C.E. – 612 B.C.E. • Main Leader: Ashurbinpal • Capital: Nineveh • The King obeyed the gods • Treated conquered people cruelly • Aqueducts brought drinking water to the city • Assyria stretched from Egypt to the Persian Gulf • The army was stretched too thin and the Chaldeans and Medes defeated them

  35. The class will be divided into groups. Each group will read one author’s writings on the Assyrian Empire. Your group’s task will be to choose essential pieces of information that tell us about the Assyrian Empire. Your group will create a poster sized visual to show the class the important facts found within your reading (at least 6 pieces of information).

  36. Period 1 Group 1Group 2Group 3 JustinAlliCailee CarleyCourtney Erika Evan Katie Austin ChristineHarrisonNathan Sarah Mina Rosie Alexandria LaurenAliya

  37. Period 3 Group 1Group 2Group 3 Sammi BobbyKristina Alejandro Carolyn Emma S. Anthony Teva Zach Emma B.WoojinTaniya Anna Cate Michelle SophiaClaudia Ryan

  38. What lesson can America learn from the Assyrian Empire’s fall? Write a 2-3 sentence word of advice to our government leaders so we do not repeat the mistakes of the Assyrians.

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