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Warm-Up #1 ( 8/16/13) New Iraqi Constitution: Preamble

Warm-Up #1 ( 8/16/13) New Iraqi Constitution: Preamble. Using complete sentences, describe the significance of Mesopotamia in terms of the modern world

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Warm-Up #1 ( 8/16/13) New Iraqi Constitution: Preamble

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  1. Warm-Up #1 (8/16/13)New Iraqi Constitution: Preamble • Using complete sentences, describe the significance of Mesopotamia in terms of the modern world • We the sons of Mesopotamia, land of the prophets, resting place of the holy imams, the leaders of civilization and the creators of the alphabet, the cradle of arithmetic; on our land, the first law put in place by mankind was written; in our nation, the most noble era of justice in the politics of nations was laid down; on our soil, the followers of the prophet and the saints prayed, the philosophers and the scientists theorized and the writers and poets created.

  2. Warm-Up #2 (8/20/13) • Using the letters in Mesopotamia, identify something related to that civilization P O T A M I A M E S O

  3. Warm-Up #3 (8/21/13) • List 5 things you already know about Egypt:

  4. Warm-Up #4 (8/23/13) • Compare/Contrast Egypt and Mesopotamia Mesopotamia Both Egypt

  5. Warm-Up #5 (9/4/12) • Define the following Hindu terms in your own words: • Ahimsa, Atman, Brahman, Dharma, Karma, Moksha, Nirvana, Reincarnation

  6. Warm-Up #6 (9/6/12) • From the reading “Old Ways, New World,” give two examples of keeping tradition and two examples of breaking tradition

  7. Warm-Up #7 (9/10/12) • Compare/Contrast Hinduism and Buddhism Hinduism Both Buddhism

  8. Warm-Up #8 (9/11/12) • Explain what might cause a dynasty to lose the “Mandate of Heaven” • What would come next in the dynastic cycle?

  9. Warm-Up #9 (9/12/12) • The principal of a prestigious high school has found out that there are allegations of recruiting violations by one of his coaches. • What would he do if he were a Confucianist? • What would he do if he were a Daoist? • What would he do if he were a Legalist?

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