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Legacy of Mesopotamia: Ancient Civilizations and Codes

Explore the rich history and cultural impact of Ancient Mesopotamia, from city-states to Hammurabi's Code of Law. Learn about polytheism, cuneiform writing, and the enduring legacy of this influential region.

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Legacy of Mesopotamia: Ancient Civilizations and Codes

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  1. Chapter 3 Ancient MesopotamiaYou will copy the underlined key content vocabualry words and their defintions prior to my presenting the information.

  2. 1.1 Vocabulary Silt: an especially fine and fertile soil. Irrigation: watering fields using human-made systems.

  3. 1.1 The Geography of Ancient Mesopotamia

  4. 1.1 The Geography of Ancient Mesopotamia

  5. 1.2 Vocabulary city-state: a self-governing unit made up of a city and its surrounding lands and settlements. social class: an order based on power and wealth. artisan: a person who is skilled at making things by hand.

  6. 1.2 City-States Develop

  7. 1.2 City-States Develop

  8. 1.3 Vocabulary Polytheism: a belief in many gods. Rituals: a formal series of acts always performed in the same way. Ziggurat: a huge pyramid - shaped temple in a Sumerian city-state.

  9. 1.3 Religion in Sumer

  10. 1.3 Religion in Sumer

  11. 1.5 Vocabulary cunneiform: form of writing where detailed pictorgraphs evoled to become symbols. tribute: a tax paid for protection. famine: widespread hunger.

  12. 1.4 Document-Based Question: Sumerian Writing

  13. 1.5 Sargon Conquers Mesopotamia

  14. 1.5 Sargon Conquers Mesopotamia

  15. 2.1 Vocabulary alliance: a partnership.

  16. 2.1 Hammurabi’s Code of Law

  17. 2.1 Hammurabi’s Code of Law

  18. 2.2 The Assyrians and the Chaldeans

  19. 2.2: The Assyrians and the Chaldeans

  20. 2.3 The Phoenicians

  21. 2.3 The Phoenicians

  22. 2.4 Vocabulary tolerance: sympathy for the beliefs and practices of others. province: an administrative district of a larger empire or country. satrap: a governor of a province in the Persian Empire.

  23. 2.4 Persian Leaders

  24. 2.4 Persian Leaders

  25. 2.5 The Legacy of Mesopotamia

  26. 2.5 The Legacy of Mesopotamia

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