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MESOPOTAMIA (pp. 22-34)
I.
CIVILIZATION OF UR pp.22-23
A. AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY
1. WHERE –
2. IRRIGATION –
3. PURPOSE 4. CONTROLLED BY –
B. CITY LIFE
1. HOUSES
a)
b) MADE OF MUD BRICKS
2. ARTISANS
a)
b)
C. TRADE
1. BAZAAR
a)
b)
c) BARTER –
D. RELIGION
1. ZIGGURAT
a)
b)
c)
II. GEOGRAPHY OF THE FERTILE CRESCENT pp. 29-34
A. INTRO
1. FERTILE CRESCENT –
2.
B. PLAINS
1. MESOPOTAMIA
a)
2. RIVERS
a)
b)
3. FLOODING
a)
b)
c)
C. ENVIRONMENT
1. FIRST PEOPLES –
2. CLIMATE –
3. PROTECTION –
4. RESOURCES –
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D. SOLUTIONS
1. IRRIGATION –
2. PROTECTION
a) RIVER VALLEY SURROUNDED BY NATURAL DEFENSES
OF DESERTS & MOUNTAINS PROTECTED FROM NOMADS
(1) CITY PROTECTION 3. TRADE
a) FOOD SURPLUS
(1)
(2) LED TO SPECIALIZED LABOR
(3) INCREASED TRADE (RIVERS & OVERLAND TO
MED)
4. LEADERSHIP
a) PLANNING b) LAWS III. SUMERIAN CITY STATES
A. INTRO
1. CITY STATE
a) DEFINE –
b)
B. PRIESTS
1. GOVERNMENT
a)
b)
c)
C. MONARCHS
1. SHIFT TO DYNASTY
a)
b)
c) DYNASTY –
D. SPREAD OF CITIES
1. CAUSES OF CULTURAL DIFFUSION
a)
b)
c) WARFARE ENCOURAGES CULTURAL DIFFUSION
d) CULTURAL DIFFUSION IV. SUMERIAN CULTURE
A. INTRO
1. CULTURE – THE WAY IN WHICH PEOPLE LIVE - BELIEF
SYSTEMS, SOCIAL STRUCTURE, TECHNOLOGY AND ARTS.
B. RELIGION
1. POLYTHEISTIC –
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2. GODS
a)
b)
3. RELATIONSHIP TO GODS
a)
b)
c)
4. VIEW OF AFTER LIFE
a)
b)
C. SUMERIAN SOCIETY
1. SOCIAL CLASSES
a) UPPER CLASS –
b) MIDDLE CLASS –
c) LOWER CLASS –
d) SLAVES
(1)
(2)
(3) A PART OF MOST SOCITIES, (EGYPT, MESOPOTAMIA,
CHINA)
2. WOMEN
a)
b)
c)
d)
(1) EDDUBAS – SCHOOLS FOR BOYS TO BECOME
SCRIBES
D. INVENTIONS (BRONZE TOOLS COMMON)
1.
2.
3.
E. SUMERIAN WRITING
1. EARLIEST FORM PICTOGRAPHS
2. DEVELOPED INTO CUNEIFORM
a) WEDGE SHAPED MARKINGS
b) PRESSED INTO CLAY TABLETS
3. PURPOSES
a) TO ACCOUNT FOOD SURPLUS
b) RECORD HISTORY (EPICS & ROLES OF KINGS)
c) TEACH
4. ARITHMETIC & GEOMETRY
a)
b)
c)
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5. ARCHITECTURAL ACHIEVEMENTS
a)
b)
c)
6. WRITING TOPICS
a)
b)
c)
V. FIRST EMPIRES
A. SARGON I
1.
2.
3.
a) EMPIRE – KINGDOM AND ITS CONQUERED TERRITORIES
B. BABYLONIAN EMPIRE
1.
2.
3. UNDER HAMMURABI
a)
b)
c) LAW CODE – ORGANIZED AND WRITTEN LAWS
C. CODE OF HAMMURABI
1. WHAT –
2. WHY3. WHOM – APPLIED TO ALL
4. PUNISHMENTS
a)
b)
D. DECLINE AND FALL
1. DECLINE BEGAN AFTER HAMMURABI’S DEATH
2. EMPIRE DIVIDED INTO SMALL CITY-STATES
3. HITTITES ENDED EMPIRE THROUGH RAID FROM ASIA MINOR
(TURKEY)
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Figure 1
IDENTIFY THE RIVERS
IN FIGURE 1.
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MAP PAGE 15
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