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Mesopotamia Innovations Tuesday and Wednesday September 27 and 28, 2016 Homework: Review Materials – Test Day – A 10/4 and B 10/5 Warm-Up: 1. Copy homework into agenda 2. Complete a review on school net on EQ#2 – use your materials to help you. • Social Studies 6 Unit 2 Mesopotamia EQ 2 Review 2016-2017 Passcode: VE4DA3BE2 • Social Studies 6 Unit 2 Mesopotamia EQ2 Vocabulary Review 2016-2017 Passcode: MA5KE5MA5 EQ#3 •How did technology and culture influence future civilizations? Vocabulary •Epic – long poems that tell stories of heroes •Architecture – the science of building •Hammurabi’s Code – a set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life; the earliest known written collection of laws •Alphabet – a set of letters that can be combined to form words. Innovations Early Mesopotamians developed a number of innovations which greatly improved the lives of the people, particularly in the area of agriculture. 1. Calendar, which helped them predict floods. 2. Cuneiform Alphabet, one of the first written languages, made it easier to communicate and keep detailed records. 3. The Epic of Gilgamesh was the first recorded story. It deals with many of the universal themes and ideas still found in literature today. 4. Wheel and the plow made farming easier. Hammurabi’s Code of Laws Hammurabi was a Babylonian king who consolidated and annotated the laws into a single code. The code laid out specific rules of conduct and the punishments for breaking them. 1. The code called for punishment by humans, not gods. 2. The code established the principle of equivalent punishment, known today as "an eye for an eye." 3. Tradesmen and lawmakers were held to the same standard as ordinary citizens, to prevent arbitrary and unfair rulings. 4. The code explicitly called for protection of the weak and unfortunate: orphans, widows, and the downtrodden.