City-States in Mesopotamia
... The Downfall of the Sumerians Each of the Sumerian city-states had a ruler, and these city-states began fighting each other. They fought over land and the use of river water. Since the Sumerians were constantly at war with each other, they became weak. By 2000 BC, Sumer was a weakened area, and by ...
... The Downfall of the Sumerians Each of the Sumerian city-states had a ruler, and these city-states began fighting each other. They fought over land and the use of river water. Since the Sumerians were constantly at war with each other, they became weak. By 2000 BC, Sumer was a weakened area, and by ...
Unit Test Review
... 11. Historians often debate the issue of cultural borrowing (diffusion) as opposed to independent origin. A specific crop found in two places would be an example of diffusion. 12. Cities differed from Neolithic villages in two principal ways. First, cities were larger and more complex than Neolithic ...
... 11. Historians often debate the issue of cultural borrowing (diffusion) as opposed to independent origin. A specific crop found in two places would be an example of diffusion. 12. Cities differed from Neolithic villages in two principal ways. First, cities were larger and more complex than Neolithic ...
Mesopotamia
... tokens stored in clay bullae? Later, they marked the outside of the bullae with symbols to show how many tokens were inside. These were pictographs, pictures that stand for words or ideas. Finally they developed the similar, wedge shaped symbols of cuneiform. ...
... tokens stored in clay bullae? Later, they marked the outside of the bullae with symbols to show how many tokens were inside. These were pictographs, pictures that stand for words or ideas. Finally they developed the similar, wedge shaped symbols of cuneiform. ...
Test date
... 2. ______________ The most important structure in a Sumerian city was the --3. ______________ Sumerians were among the first people to make tools of --4. ______________ What was the wedge-shaped writing used by the Sumerians called? 5. ______________ Term used for when there is an advanced form of c ...
... 2. ______________ The most important structure in a Sumerian city was the --3. ______________ Sumerians were among the first people to make tools of --4. ______________ What was the wedge-shaped writing used by the Sumerians called? 5. ______________ Term used for when there is an advanced form of c ...
Chapter 3 – “Ancient Mesopotamia”
... 2. ______________ The most important structure in a Sumerian city was the --3. ______________ Sumerians were among the first people to make tools of --4. ______________ What was the wedge-shaped writing used by the Sumerians called? 5. ______________ Term used for when there is an advanced form of c ...
... 2. ______________ The most important structure in a Sumerian city was the --3. ______________ Sumerians were among the first people to make tools of --4. ______________ What was the wedge-shaped writing used by the Sumerians called? 5. ______________ Term used for when there is an advanced form of c ...
File - IAIC High School
... They were the first large army to build and use iron weapons. These weapons were much stronger than weapons made of tin, copper, or bronze. They were fierce, cruel warriors who fought with spears, daggers, chariots, and soldiers on ...
... They were the first large army to build and use iron weapons. These weapons were much stronger than weapons made of tin, copper, or bronze. They were fierce, cruel warriors who fought with spears, daggers, chariots, and soldiers on ...
Document Practice Set #1 Mesopotamia
... Sumerians created cuneiform script over 5000 years ago. It was the world’s first written language. Sumerians invented this writing system to keep track of business dealings because they traded with people who loved in lands that were hundreds and even thousands of miles away. Writing was a giant lea ...
... Sumerians created cuneiform script over 5000 years ago. It was the world’s first written language. Sumerians invented this writing system to keep track of business dealings because they traded with people who loved in lands that were hundreds and even thousands of miles away. Writing was a giant lea ...
Study Guide
... 11. Trace the development of the empires in Mesopotamia, which includes the Akkadian Empire, Babylonian Empire, Assyrian Empire, and Chaldean Empire. 12. Recite from memory five laws from Hammurabi’s code. Be able to explain its background and significance. 13. Analyze the rise and fall of the Assy ...
... 11. Trace the development of the empires in Mesopotamia, which includes the Akkadian Empire, Babylonian Empire, Assyrian Empire, and Chaldean Empire. 12. Recite from memory five laws from Hammurabi’s code. Be able to explain its background and significance. 13. Analyze the rise and fall of the Assy ...
Level : 3ASL School Year : 2011-2012 First Term
... Given the combination of fertile soil and the need for organized human labor, perhaps it is not surprising that the first civilization developed in Mesopotamia. By 3500 BC, the Sumerians had built towns and cities, and an early form of pictographic writing was used, metal working had begun, and temp ...
... Given the combination of fertile soil and the need for organized human labor, perhaps it is not surprising that the first civilization developed in Mesopotamia. By 3500 BC, the Sumerians had built towns and cities, and an early form of pictographic writing was used, metal working had begun, and temp ...
Mesopotamia
... Welcome to Mesopotamia, or, the "land between rivers." It is here roughly 7000 years ago that the world's first great civilization emerged, Sumer. It is also here that writing and the wheel were first invented. Mesopotamia is Greek for "land between rivers." The two rivers are the Tigris and Euphrat ...
... Welcome to Mesopotamia, or, the "land between rivers." It is here roughly 7000 years ago that the world's first great civilization emerged, Sumer. It is also here that writing and the wheel were first invented. Mesopotamia is Greek for "land between rivers." The two rivers are the Tigris and Euphrat ...
Unit 2: The Fertile Crescent Part 1: Mesopotamia
... broke out, the assembly would choose one of its members to serve as a military leader. As time went on, these leaders stayed in charge even after the peace returned. By about 3000 B. C., they took the place of priests as permanent kings. At the same time, kingship became hereditary, or passed down f ...
... broke out, the assembly would choose one of its members to serve as a military leader. As time went on, these leaders stayed in charge even after the peace returned. By about 3000 B. C., they took the place of priests as permanent kings. At the same time, kingship became hereditary, or passed down f ...
HSS-Mesopotamia Review for Test_1_
... What was the writing called that was developed by Sumerians? CUNEIFORM! ...
... What was the writing called that was developed by Sumerians? CUNEIFORM! ...
City-States of Mesopotamia - Ms. MullinSocial Studies
... both trade and war, around 3500 BC • Sail helped trade • Plow improved farming • Sun dried mud bricks allowed for construction of buildings (why use mud?) ...
... both trade and war, around 3500 BC • Sail helped trade • Plow improved farming • Sun dried mud bricks allowed for construction of buildings (why use mud?) ...
File
... fought each other over land and the use of the river water. 2. Around 2300 B.C., Sumer was conquered by the armies of neighboring __________________. 3. King _____________ united the Sumerian city-states and improved Sumer’s government and its military. 4. Sumer fell to a northern rival, ___________ ...
... fought each other over land and the use of the river water. 2. Around 2300 B.C., Sumer was conquered by the armies of neighboring __________________. 3. King _____________ united the Sumerian city-states and improved Sumer’s government and its military. 4. Sumer fell to a northern rival, ___________ ...
Ancient Sumer/Sumeriams
... Ziggurats: stairstepped temples soaring to the heavens topped with a shrine; each city-state had one -pg. 33 Religion: polytheistic; people were servants of the gods Afterlife: gloomy, joyless place under the earth's crust Bazaar- like a mini mall; buy,sell, and trade goods Scribes develop ...
... Ziggurats: stairstepped temples soaring to the heavens topped with a shrine; each city-state had one -pg. 33 Religion: polytheistic; people were servants of the gods Afterlife: gloomy, joyless place under the earth's crust Bazaar- like a mini mall; buy,sell, and trade goods Scribes develop ...
Mesopotamia - White Plains Public Schools
... - About 2350 B.C., a conqueror named Sargon defeated the city-states of Sumer ...
... - About 2350 B.C., a conqueror named Sargon defeated the city-states of Sumer ...
Ancient Sumer - hrsbstaff.ednet.ns.ca
... To honour these deities, the Sumerians built many temples and shrines. The grandest of these temples were known as ziggurats (“mountain of god”) The Kings maintained their high status in society by being the ones who are responsible for looking after the temples. This is in addition to being t ...
... To honour these deities, the Sumerians built many temples and shrines. The grandest of these temples were known as ziggurats (“mountain of god”) The Kings maintained their high status in society by being the ones who are responsible for looking after the temples. This is in addition to being t ...
Chapter 4 -Ancient Mesopotamia notes L.1 Geography of
... ● Ritual: formal series of acts always performed in the same way ● The ziggurat, or temple, was the most important building in a city-state. ● Sumerians invented the earliest form of writing, pictographs, which evolved into symbols called cuneiform; This change marked the beginning of written histo ...
... ● Ritual: formal series of acts always performed in the same way ● The ziggurat, or temple, was the most important building in a city-state. ● Sumerians invented the earliest form of writing, pictographs, which evolved into symbols called cuneiform; This change marked the beginning of written histo ...
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia (/ˌmɛsəpəˈteɪmiə/, from the Ancient Greek: Μεσοποταμία ""[land] between rivers""; Arabic: بلاد الرافدين bilād ar-rāfidayn; Persian: میانرودان miyān rodān; Syriac: ܒܝܬ ܢܗܪܝܢ Beth Nahrain ""land of rivers"") is a name for the area of the Tigris–Euphrates river system, corresponding to modern-day Iraq, Kuwait, the northeastern section of Syria, as well as parts of southeastern Turkey and of southwestern Iran.Widely considered to be the cradle of civilization by the Western world, Bronze Age Mesopotamia included Sumer and the Akkadian, Babylonian, and Assyrian empires, all native to the territory of modern-day Iraq. In the Iron Age, it was controlled by the Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian Empires. The indigenous Sumerians and Akkadians (including Assyrians and Babylonians) dominated Mesopotamia from the beginning of written history (c. 3100 BC) to the fall of Babylon in 539 BC, when it was conquered by the Achaemenid Empire. It fell to Alexander the Great in 332 BC, and after his death, it became part of the Greek Seleucid Empire.Around 150 BC, Mesopotamia was under the control of the Parthian Empire. Mesopotamia became a battleground between the Romans and Parthians, with parts of Mesopotamia coming under ephemeral Roman control. In AD 226, it fell to the Sassanid Persians and remained under Persian rule until the 7th century Muslim conquest of Persia of the Sasanian Empire. A number of primarily neo-Assyrian and Christian native Mesopotamian states existed between the 1st century BC and 3rd century AD, including Adiabene, Osroene, and Hatra.