Warm-up Questions

1. Warm-up Questions • Which statement implies that city-states fought each other for farmland? • City-states had plenty of food supplies. • Crops had been destroyed by drought. • Every city-state wanted more farmland to grow food. • What type of person most likely became the first kings?

2. Mesopotamia Sumerian Achievements Ancient Civilizations Mr. Hollingsworth’s World History Monday – September 10, 2018

3. Today’s Learning Targets • I will use the academic vocabulary of this region and time appropriately. • I will identify the physical and cultural features of this region on a map. • I will outline Sumerian achievements.

4. Warm-up Questions • Which statement implies that city-states fought each other for farmland? • City-states had plenty of food supplies. • Crops had been destroyed by drought. • Every city-state wanted more farmland to grow food

5. Warm-up Questions • What type of person most likely became the first kings? • war heroes

6. The Invention of Writing • Sumerians invented cuneiform. Scribes used a system of writing with styluses to make wedge shaped marks in clay tablets.

7. Epic of Gilgamesh • This is the first known written epic. It is the story of a great Sumerian King. • Greeks wrote Hercules based upon this epic.

8. Advances & Inventions • Technical Advances: • Invented the wheel • Potter’s Wheel • Plow • Clock using falling water • Learned to use bronze

9. Advances & Inventions • Math & Sciences: • Math system based upon 60 • 360 degree circle • 12 month year • Medical healing drugs

10. Key Terms Review • More than needed. • surplus • Human-made waterways. • Canals I can use the academic vocabulary of this region and time appropriately.

11. Key Terms Review • A way of supplying water to an area of land • irrigation • When each worker specializes in a particular task or job. • Division of labor I can use the academic vocabulary of this region and time appropriately.

12. Key Terms Review • A large arc of rich, or fertile farmland • Fertile Crescent • A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks • Silt

13. Key Terms Review • The countryside • rural • City areas • urban

14. Key Terms Review • An independent city and its surrounding countryside • City-state • a land with different territories and peoples under a single ruler • empire

15. Key Terms Review • The worship of many gods • polytheism • People who perform religious ceremonies • priests

16. Key Terms Review • The division of a society by rank or class • social hierarchy

17. Key Terms Review • The world’s first known system of writing • cuneiform • A person who writes • scribe

18. Key Terms Review • A long poem that tells about great heroes and their deeds • epics • The science of building • architecture

19. Key Terms Review • A picture symbol • pictographs • A pyramid shaped temple tower • ziggurat

20. Map of Mesopotamia

21. Survey • Why did scribes have power and influence in Sumerian society? • People who could read and write were important. • What was the first known epic? • The Epic of Gilgamesh

22. Survey • Ruler of the first known empire… • Sargon • What are pictures that are used as symbols called? • pictographs

23. Today’s Learning Targets • I can use the academic vocabulary of this region and time appropriately. • I can identify the physical and cultural features of this region on a map. • I can outline Sumerian achievements.