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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 (8/19/13) • For each of following, write TRUE or FALSE. If the statement is FALSE, state why: • The year 3200 BC was longer ago than the year2600BC • Mrs. Silverman was born in 1972, which means she was born in the 19th century • The switch from food gathering to food producing is known as the Paleolithic Revolution • Ancient Mesopotamia was located in Asia • The two rivers that Mesopotamia developed between are the Nile and the Indus Rivers • Mesopotamians believed in an afterlife

  3. Warm-Up #3 (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

  4. Warm-Up #4 (8/21/13) • List 5 things you already know (or think you know) about Egypt:

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