PPT-Chapter 4 Rise of Sumerian City-States

How did geographic challenges lead to the rise of citystates in Mesopotamia Early people who lived in the Fertile Crescent began farming and living in small villages These villages were located in a land of rolling hills and low plains called Mesopotamia . Fertile Crescent. Mesopotamia. i. rrigate. c. ity-state. b. arter. p. olytheism. z. iggurat. c. uneiform. e. mpire . a. lly. c. ultural trait. Hammurabi’s Code. r. ule of law. c. avalry. s. tanding army. Sumer, Akkadia, Babylon, and others in the Fertile Crescent. 9. th. Grade Integrated Honors. Mr. Coia. Key Terms. Mesopotamia. : An ancient region of southwest Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in modern-day Iraq. Probably settled before 5000 B.C., the area was the home of numerous early civilizations, including Sumer, Akkad, Babylonia, and Assyria. . Sumerian and American. By . Sarah Brase. interdiction. Is Mesopotamia a civilization? They need a stable food supply, a complex social structure, a government system, a religious system, and a highly developed arts, technology and a written language. Do they have these things to make a civilization? Read to find out.. -. Artworks-. Worshipper Statuettes. Victory Stele of . Naram. -Sin. Ziggurat. Sumerian. -. The . Sumerians were the people who transformed the vast, flat lower valley between the Tigris & Euphrates into the Fertile Crescent of the ancient world. Sparsely inhabited before the Sumerians, this area is now southern Iraq. . Sumerian Achievements. Main Ideas:. 1. . The Sumerians invented the world’s first writing system.. 2. Advances and inventions changed Sumerian lives.. 3. Many types of art developed in Sumer.. Key terms:. K. G. Powderly Jr.. And Cush begat Nimrod.... When names move from language to language, certain rules generally apply.... The hard consonants remain most stable. Followed by easily transformed “softer” consonants, like N to M, R to D, F to V—or P, B to V—or D, or close hards. Brandon Mark, Chris . Charran. , Keara Pagniello, Sarah Ahmed and Sybil Tong. The term "Sumerian" is the common name given to the ancient . non-Semitic. inhabitants of southern Mesopotamia, Sumer, by the . By Mr. Zindma. n. Unit 2. 1. Section 1: Geography and the Fertile Crescent. 2. Essential Question. : How did geography influence the development of civilization in Southwest Asia?. The Big Idea: . . Mesopotamian Civilization. Mesopotamian Civilization. p17-20. What do you call a complex society that has an organized government, art, religion, class divisions and a writing system?. A civilization. Introduction:. Civilization. developed between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.. By . 3,000. B.C., a number of cities are established by the Sumerians.. Role of Environment. Created in a region that . 5.1 Introduction. Focus on Sumerian culture.. In 1800’s archeologists bean finding artifacts in Mesopotamia.. By studying artifacts the archeologists have learned about Sumer.. One artifact is the Standard of Ur.. what is now the country of Iraq.. Mesopotamia was part of a larger region called the Fertile Crescent. This area, that stretched from the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea down to the Persian Gulf, had fertile soil and was where many civilizations started. The shape is somewhat similar to a crescent (think of a crescent roll, or a crescent-shaped moon).. STANDARD SSWH1 The student will analyze the origins, structures, and interactions of complex societies in the ancient Eastern Mediterranean from 3500 BCE to 500 BCE. ELEMENT Describe the development of Mesopotamian societies; include the religious, cultural, economic, and political facets of society, with attention to Hammurabi’s law code. Rise Up! Rise up! Roll the rock away now! Rise up! See the light of day now! Rise up! I will show the way Rise up, Rise up, Rise up! Jesus had a friend called Lazarus, from the town of Bethany Mary and Martha they sent for him, Jesus, please come and see