Download Ancient Mesopotamia Webquest

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Ancient Mesopotamia WebQuest
1. What were the major civilizations that settled in the area known as Mesopotamia?
http://www.mrdowling.com/603mesopotamia.html
2. Who was Hammurabi? What is the Code of Hammurabi?
http://www.phillipmartin.info/hammurabi/homepage.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09latwJAuLM
3. a) What is a ziggurat? b) What was its purpose? c) Try the challenge. (If the link is working)
http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/ziggurats/home_set.html
4. What type of religion did the people have in Ancient Mesopotamia? Give some specific examples.
http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/gods/home_set.html
http://mesopotamia.lib.uchicago.edu/mesopotamialife/article.php?theme=Religion
5. What was daily life like in Mesopotamia?
http://mesopotamia.lib.uchicago.edu/mesopotamialife/article.php?theme=Daily%20Life
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6. What was the role of women during the time of Ancient Mesopotamia?
http://mesopotamia.lib.uchicago.edu/mesopotamialife/article.php?theme=Role%20of%20Women
7. What was cuneiform and when was it invented?
http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/writing/home_set.html
http://mesopotamia.lib.uchicago.edu/mesopotamialife/article.php?theme=Invention%20of%20Writing
8. Who was Gilgamesh? What was his significance to the people in the land between the two rivers?
http://www.aina.org/books/eog/eog.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VroX-_thMLg (Start video at 5:15)
9. What caused the collapse of Mesopotamia? http://www.learner.org/exhibits/collapse/mesopotamia.html
10. Explore some of the other links to find out interesting information about Ancient Mesopotamia.
See the social studies resources for additional links to Mesopotamia.