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Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia. Chapters 2 and 3. What does the name Mesopotamia mean?. Meso- Middle Potamos- River “The land between the rivers”. What is a city-state?. An independent state consisting of a city and it’s surrounding area. Sumer (3500 BCE- 1900 BCE). Clip: Innovations of Sumerians.

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Mesopotamia

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  1. Mesopotamia Chapters 2 and 3

  2. What does the name Mesopotamia mean? • Meso- Middle • Potamos- River • “The land between the rivers”

  3. What is a city-state? • An independent state consisting of a city and it’s surrounding area.

  4. Sumer (3500 BCE- 1900 BCE)

  5. Clip: Innovations of Sumerians

  6. Babylonia (1900 BCE-1300 BCE)

  7. Assyria (1300 BCE- 609 BCE)

  8. Clip: Why was trade important?

  9. Chaldea ( 609 BCE- 530 BCE)

  10. Describe Hammurabi’s code of law. What were his laws about?What was the principle behind the law?

  11. Describe the religious beliefs of the Mesopotamians • Mesopotamian gods controlled everything. • They could bring good or bad to a people • Brought a sense of order and explained mysteries.

  12. Terms: • Anthropomorphic: attributing human qualities to gods, animals or non-human forms • Polytheistic: belief or worship of more than one god. • Mythology: myths or stories that relate to a particular culture or person. • Ziggurats: temple in Babylonia or Assyria in the form of a pyramid of terraced towers • Oracles: divine or supernatural communication or place where these take place

  13. Social PyramidKING

  14. KING: The word of the king is law. • PRIESTS: Influential because of the importance of religion. • SCRIBES: Educated, could read and write. Worked for the temple, the palace, the government or the army. • MERCHANTS OR ARTISANS: Traders or craftspeople. • COMMON PEOPLE: Earned their living from the land as farmers. • SLAVES: performed household labour and various chores. No rights.

  15. What was cuneiform? • The first known form of writing. • Based on picture signs. • Kept accurate records of trading.

  16. Epic: Long narrative poems about heroes or expressing the ideals of a nation. • Mosaic: A picture or design created using chips of colored stone inlaid together.

  17. What were major advancements in the following areas for Mesopotamia? • The Wheel • Wheeled wagons and chariots. • Farmers could pull 3 to 4 times more weight. • Used in pulleys to lift water from wells

  18. Metallurgy • Tool making • Strong metals for weapons • Mathematics • Helped to build canals • Kept accurate trading records • Helped tabulate taxes • Time • Lunar Calendar

  19. Lunar Calendar

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