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Chapter Two: The Fertile Crescent

Chapter Two: The Fertile Crescent. Chapter 2.1: Land Between Two Rivers. Find out how geography made the rise of civilization in the Fertile Crescent possible. Learn about Sumer’s first cities. Examine the characteristics of Sumerian religion. Objectives.

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Chapter Two: The Fertile Crescent

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  1. Chapter Two: The Fertile Crescent Chapter 2.1: Land Between Two Rivers

  2. Find out how geography made the rise of civilization in the Fertile Crescent possible. Learn about Sumer’s first cities. Examine the characteristics of Sumerian religion. Objectives

  3. Scribes – Professional writers.

  4. The Geography Setting Sumer

  5. The Geography Setting Mesopotamia =“between two rivers.”

  6. The Geography Setting Mesopotamia lies between two rivers, the Tigris and the Euphrates.

  7. The Geography Setting Fertile Crescent – A region in Southwest Asia that was the site of the world’s first civilization.

  8. The First Cities By 3500 B.C. some of the earliest known cities arose in the southern region of Sumer, along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.

  9. The First Cities City-State - A city that is also a separate, independent state.

  10. The First Cities • City-State - A city that is also a separate, independent state. • Each Sumerian city acted as an independent state with its own: • God or Goddess • Government • Army • King

  11. Sumerian Religion Ziggurat- The site of the temple to the main god or goddess of the city.

  12. Sumerian Religion Polytheism – A belief in many gods.

  13. Sumerian Religion Myths – Stories about gods that explain people’s beliefs.

  14. The Fall of Sumer Around 2300 B.C. Sumer was conquered by the armies of Akkd who were led by King Sargon

  15. The Fall of Sumer Around 2300 B.C. Sumer was conquered by the armies of Akkd who were led by King Sargon Sumer fell to a northern rival, Babylonia, in the 1700 B.C.

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