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Mesopotamian Society and the Sumerians BrainPop Snippet What region did the Sumerians inhabit? ___________________________________________________________________ Arrived as early as 5300 BCE and lasted _____________years! What present day country is Sumer located in? _____________________________________________________________ What did the Sumerians do to help control the flooding of the rivers? Sumers are some of the first societies to use___________________ ____. That allowed some people to make their living in ways other than farming. Specialized jobs is division of____________, and it’s the basis of any advanced civilization. What were the Ziggurats used for? _______________________________________________________________________ How many city-states where in Sumer? ___________________________________________________________________ What was the ensi? ____________________________________________________________________________________ How did writing begin? _________________________________________________________________________________ List 4 major developments of the Sumerians: o Written_____________ o ___________Systems out of 60 o Bronze o First ____________vehicles PPT Notes Mesopotamia was located between _______________ rivers, the __________________River and the Euphrates River. Mesopotamia was located in the_____________________, and surrounded by desert. Why was this a perfect place for the 1st civilization? o ____________________________- large arc of fertile land in the Middle East o Cattle, ___________, goats & sheep were accessible The shape is somewhat similar to a ___________________(think of a crescent roll, or a crescent-shaped moon). Mesopotamia is located in the Middle East, which is located in____________________________. o The first _______________________and examples of writing were found here.. o Mesopotamia is called the _______________of civilization because the first civilizations began there Many __________________formed along the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in Mesopotamia. o They each had their own form of_____________, and the people worshipped different ___________and goddesses. o The region where the two rivers meet was called_______________. Because of fertile land, people were able to create ___________of food. They began doing other things, like ____________ a city. o People began to worry about others coming and __________their city. They built________around their cities. _____________________first began in Sumerian cities. o Sumerian schools taught _____________the new invention of writing. Professional writers:______________. o _____________: “Wedge-Shaped” Writing: _______________known form of written expression Sumerian cities o ______________ Streets o Sumerian houses faced ______________ from crowded streets. Instead, they faced onto courtyards o Sumerians even had_________________! o They burned ____________ ______________for light at night. Sumerians worshipped many gods, not just one. This belief in many gods is called_____________________. o “Poly” means __________ and “Theism” means ____________. o Ziggurats were built in the _____________ of the city. They had steps and ramps, and it was believed that the gods descended to the Earth using the ziggurat as a_________________. Sumerian myths, or stories, explained people’s_______________. Each of the Sumerian city-states had a__________, and these city-states began fighting each other. o They fought over land and the use of___________ _______________. Since the Sumerians were constantly at _________with each other, they became weak. o By 1759 BC, Sumer was conquered by another group of people – the _______________________. Mesopotamian Society and the Sumerians BrainPop Snippet What region did the Sumerians inhabit? ___________________________________________________________________ Arrived as early as 5300 BCE and lasted _____________years! What present day country is Sumer located in? _____________________________________________________________ What did the Sumerians do to help control the flooding of the rivers? Sumers are some of the first societies to use___________________ ____. That allowed some people to make their living in ways other than farming. Specialized jobs is division of____________, and it’s the basis of any advanced civilization. What were the Ziggurats used for? _______________________________________________________________________ How many city-states where in Sumer? ___________________________________________________________________ What was the ensi? ____________________________________________________________________________________ How did writing begin? _________________________________________________________________________________ List 4 major developments of the Sumerians: o Written_____________ o ___________Systems out of 60 o Bronze o First ____________vehicles PPT Notes Mesopotamia was located between _______________ rivers, the __________________River and the Euphrates River. Mesopotamia was located in the_____________________, and surrounded by desert. Why was this a perfect place for the 1st civilization? o ____________________________- large arc of fertile land in the Middle East o Cattle, ___________, goats & sheep were accessible The shape is somewhat similar to a ___________________(think of a crescent roll, or a crescent-shaped moon). Mesopotamia is located in the Middle East, which is located in____________________________. o The first _______________________and examples of writing were found here.. o Mesopotamia is called the _______________of civilization because the first civilizations began there Many __________________formed along the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in Mesopotamia. o They each had their own form of_____________, and the people worshipped different ___________and goddesses. o The region where the two rivers meet was called_______________. Because of fertile land, people were able to create ___________of food. They began doing other things, like ____________ a city. o People began to worry about others coming and __________their city. They built________around their cities. _____________________first began in Sumerian cities. o Sumerian schools taught _____________the new invention of writing. Professional writers:______________. o _____________: “Wedge-Shaped” Writing: _______________known form of written expression Sumerian cities o ______________ Streets o Sumerian houses faced ______________ from crowded streets. Instead, they faced onto courtyards o Sumerians even had_________________! o They burned ____________ ______________for light at night. Sumerians worshipped many gods, not just one. This belief in many gods is called_____________________. o “Poly” means __________ and “Theism” means ____________. o Ziggurats were built in the _____________ of the city. They had steps and ramps, and it was believed that the gods descended to the Earth using the ziggurat as a_________________. Sumerian myths, or stories, explained people’s_______________. Each of the Sumerian city-states had a__________, and these city-states began fighting each other. o They fought over land and the use of___________ _______________. Since the Sumerians were constantly at _________with each other, they became weak. o By 1759 BC, Sumer was conquered by another group of people – the _______________________.