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Mesopotamia Scavenger Hunt

Mesopotamia Scavenger Hunt. By: Alejandra Contreras. River valleys.

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Mesopotamia Scavenger Hunt

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  1. Mesopotamia Scavenger Hunt By: Alejandra Contreras

  2. River valleys • Some advantages of residing in a river valley are protection from wind and access to water for fishing and agriculture. The river valleys were the first place for the complex societies to develop because there was plenty of water for them.

  3. Farmers • Farmers were able to control seasonal floods by building dams. They were able to bring water to their fields and also water their fields by connecting canals to the rivers and to lift the water from the canals you would need a shaduf. A shaduf is a large pole balanced on a crossbeam, a rope and bucket on one end and a heavy counter weight at the other. By pulling the rope it lowered the bucket into the Nile. The counterweight would raise the bucket. The farmer would then carry the bucket to the field and water it.

  4. Cuneiform The ancient Sumerians moved from pictograph to cuneiform(logograph).Cuneiform was the system of writing used most extensively in the ancient Middle East. They used cuneiform for all sorts of things.

  5. 3 inventions & 3 mathematical ideas • Printing • Writing • Fore runner of our rotary presses the “cylinder seal” • 360 degree circle • The Sumerians invention called “ “

  6. Story of Gilgamesh • The story of Gilgamesh was one of the first recorded stories in the world. My favorite part of the story of Gilgamesh is

  7. Ziggurats That’s were the ceremonies were held at the very top • Ziggurats were temples. Like many people the ancient Sumerians believed that powerful gods lived in the sky, they built huge structures called ziggurats with steps climbing up the top religious ceremonies were held at the very topof the ziggurats.

  8. Hammurabi • Hammurabi was the sixth king of the city of babylon.at about the year of 1792 B.C he succeeded his father on the throne of Babylon which was then just one of the many city-states of Sumeria. Then Hammurabi had died forty-eight years later his city of Babylon was far from being just one of many city-states.

  9. Iron weapons • The people who developed a way to use iron weapons in their armies were the . The stole the techniques and had a even better idea for the iron weapons.

  10. Wonders of the Ancient World • One of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World is in Babylon. It is the hanging gardens. It was constructed because

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