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Name Date Hr. Webquest: Ancient Mesopotamia Discover and explore the components of the Ancient Mesopotamia civilization. Writing System: Write like a Babylonian Website: http://www.penn.museum/cgi/cuneiform.cgi Write your monogram below in cuneiform. Stable Food Supply: Farming Read the following information first before you go on the website. You are the eldest son in a family of farmers. Your father has gone away for a year and left you in charge of the family's three fields. On the website you will see your three fields and a list of activities you and your brothers could perform. Remember, you must try to farm all of your fields at once to get the greatest harvest. At different times of the year, you will see the local water controller direct water to the irrigation ditch next to your field. You can let water into your fields by clicking on the 'water' button. If you miss this opportunity, you will have to wait until his next visit. Good luck. Website: http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/geography/challenge/cha_set.html *The game starts right away.* 1. What were your results? Field 1 Field 2 Field 3 2. How many months did it take from beginning to end? Government: Hammurabi’s Code Hammurabi (ca. 1792 - 1750 BC) united all of Mesopotamia (over 200,000 people) under his forty-three year reign of Babylon. Although Hammurabi's Code is not the first code of laws (the first records date four centuries earlier), it is the best preserved legal document reflecting the social structure of Babylon during Hammurabi's rule. Website: http://mesopotamia.mrdonn.org/hammurabi.html Click on You Be the Judge Click on Solve some problems Hammurabi faced. - Read the information about Hammurabi’s Code - Find out how Hammurabi solved some problems. 1. Pick one law that you believe is fair. Explain why you think this particular law is fair. 2. Pick on law that you believe is unfair. Explain why you think this particular law is unfair. Religion and Architecture: Ziggurats Website: http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/ziggurats/story/sto_set.html Click on Story and read the story about ziggurats. Click on Explore and explore parts of a ziggurat. Click on Build and learn how to build a ziggurat Build a ziggurat Phase one: Phase two: How many out of 180 workers are digging clay?_________ How many out of 180 workers are digging clay?_________ How many out of 180 workers are making bricks? _______ How many out of 180 workers are making bricks? _______ How many out of 180 workers are carrying bricks? _______ How many out of 180 workers are carrying bricks? _______ How many out of 180 workers are laying bricks? ________ How many out of 180 workers are laying bricks? ________ Phase three: Were you successful in building a ziggurat to please the Ancient Mesopotamian gods? How many out of 180 workers are digging clay?_________ How many out of 180 workers are making bricks? _______ How many out of 180 workers are carrying bricks? _______ How many out of 180 workers are laying bricks? ________
