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Warm-Up September 30,2013. Where do you live? What are some challenges or problems in your life. What are some of your achievements?. Students will be able to:. Compare and contrast the Assyrian and Babylonian cultures. Explore how empires formed in Mesopotamia. Two Empires of .
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Warm-UpSeptember 30,2013 • Where do you live? • What are some challenges or problems in your life. • What are some of your achievements?
Students will be able to: • Compare and contrast the Assyrian and Babylonian cultures. • Explore how empires formed in Mesopotamia.
Two Empires of MESOPOTAMIA
RULES FOR TODAY’S LESSON • Raise your hands before speaking or leaving your seat • Respect your classmates and Mrs. Roberts • Keep hands, feet, and objects to yourself.
Compare and Contrast The Assyrian and the Babylonian’s cultures.
Where They Lived • Babylonians • Between the Tigris and Euphrates, north of Sumer • Assyrians • North of Babylon on open land.
Babylonians One of the most important Mesopotamia empires. The city of Babylon was the center of the empire. • Assyrians One of the most important Mesopotamia empires.. Its capital was Nineveh.
Their Challenges or Problems Babylonians Destroyed by the Assyrians • Assyrians • Continually open to invasion
Their Lasting Achievements • Babylonians • Babylon became a center of learning; strides were made in astronomy. • Assyrians • They developed sophisticated weapons and conquered many lands.
Civilization • Sumerians
Where did the Sumerians live… • Between the Tigris and Euphrates, north od the Persian Gulf
Their challenges or problems (Sumerians) • Destructive floods • Constant warfare
Their lasting achievements (Sumerians) They developed a system of writing
Warm-UpOctober 2, 2013 What would life be like without written language?
Students will be able to… • Imagine a world with no writing systems • Share knowledge about the creation of writing systems.
Rules for Today’s Lesson • Raise your hands before speaking or leaving your seat • Respect your classmates and Mrs. Roberts • Keep hands, feet, and objects to yourself. • No yelling out answers
LOL = Laughing Out Loud • LOL = Lots Of Love • BRB = Be Right Back • BRB = Bath Room Break
TA great minds think alikeGTSY glad to see youH&K hug and kissHAGN have a good nightHAG1 have a good oneHHIS hanging head in shameIC I seeIYKWIM If You Know What I MeanIGP I gotta peeIMO in my opinionIMHO in my humble opinionIRL in real lifeIWALY I will always love youJK just kiddingJMO just my opinion
Ancient Sumerians(Cuneiform) • Reading from the book about cuneiform.
Question? • What is cuneiform?
What ancient civilization invented cuneiform? • List five things you think the ancient people wrote down?
Civilization Chaldeans
Where did they live…(Chaldeans) • King ruled Mesopotamia from Babylon
There challenges and problems… • Overthrown by fierce Assyrians
Their lasting achievements (Chaldeans) • They gained control of the Assyrian empire and rebuilt Babylon.