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MESOPOTAMIA PRIMARY SOURCE ANALYSIS ACTIVITY NAME__________________ #1 ARCHAEOLOGIST Who?_____________________ Importance?_____________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ Other facts?______________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ #2 FIRST CITIES List some reasons people settled where they did in Mesopotamia?________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ What type of government did they have in Mesopotamia (explain what it is too!)? ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ What was the government responsible for (in charge of) in Mesopotamia? _________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ How did people have time for the arts (music, artwork, etc…)?____________________ ______________________________________________________________________ #3 METALWORKERS List some materials that were used in their metalworking/art: _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ How do we know they some type of religious belief?____________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ What was found in Pu-Abi’s tomb other than just the headdress?_____________ _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ #4 TOMBS What was this lyre/harp used for in Sumerian society? ___________________________________________________________ Why does this lyre/harp demonstrate the characteristic of “art”? ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ The different figures shown on the front of the lyre demonstrate which characteristic of civilization?__________________________ Why?_______________________________________________________ #5 LITERATURE What was The Epic of Gilgamesh? ________________________ ______________________________________________________ What script was used to write it? ______________________________________________________ List some phrases from the poem that were used to show the “power” or “might” of Gilgamesh. ______________________________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ #6 WRITING Why did the Sumerians invent a system of writing? ____________________________________________________________ What is it called?________________________________________ Make a guess about what is recorded on this tablet. Be sure to explain. ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ #7 LAWS What is first WRITTEN/RECORDED set of laws called? ________________ ____________________________________________________________ Give some details about the writer of these laws, Hammurabi, and the laws themselves. ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ PICK one of the laws and explain it in “kid language”. ____________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ #8 IRRIGATION SYSTEMS & FARMING What challenges did farmers in Mesopotamia face?______________________ __________________________________________________________ What areas were GOOD for farming? __________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ Explain the irrigation systems (parts & how they helped). _____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ What types of crops did the Mesopotamians grow? ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ #9 THE PLOW How does a plow work (how does it help…)? ____________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ What improvements were made to the plow? _________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ #10 DOMESTICATION OF ANIMALS List some animals that were domesticated by the Mesopotamians and write what they were used for in parentheses ( ) . ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ #11 THE WHEEL What were uses of the wheel in ancient civilizations? _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ #12 FIRST CITIES People first settled in Southern Mesopotamia in a region known as Sumer. The settled into “city-states”, or independent cities. GIVE some details about city-states. *independent of each other—didn’t rely on each other_________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ #13 MATHEMATICS EXPLAIN the Mesopotamians’ number system (based on?…). __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ What was it used for? Do we use any parts of it today? __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ #14 RECORDS Recording information was important in ancient Mesopotamia. What did they use writing for?________________________________ __________________________________________________________ Did everyone know how to read & write? If not, how did they manage? __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ What were seals and who would want/need one? __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ #15 SAILORS The Tigris and Euphrates were important water sources (fresh drinking water, irrigation, hygiene, etc…). bit were also very important for transportation (trade, travel, etc…). Because of this, they invented sailboats. What were sailboats used for and how did they help? __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ Explain the design of ancient sailboats. __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ #16 Role of Women Why would Mesopotamians place statues of themselves at temple shrines? _____________________________________ _____________________________________________________ Women had very little power in society (were daughter or wife), but what types of training did they receive? _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ Most marriages were “arranged”. Explain that situation. __________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________
