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The Start of Civilization: Mesopotamia
unit objectives
I. Define prehistory and tell the story of the modern human
family.
a) Historians divide time into 4 time periods. Name them & the events which mark
their beginnings and ends.
b) Tell the story of the first modern humans and how they came to populate the
earth. (5W’s)
Ice Age
Homo Sapiens
DNA marker
revisionist history
(class notes, Journey of Man notes)
II. Describe the origins of civilization
a) Define the term Neolithic Revolution. When and where did it take place?
Agricultural Revolution
Mesopotamia
Sumer
b) Define civilization. What 5 characteristics identify a culture as a civilization?
c) Explain how the Neolithic Revolution led to the first civilizations.
specialization
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(class notes; Chp. 1, s. 2; Chp. 2, sec. 1)
III. Describe the earliest known civilization and its
accomplishments.
a) Where and when did the first civilization appear? What others shortly followed?
Sumer
Mesopotamia
The Fertile Crescent
b) Describe the government of Sumer.
city-state
monarchy
dynasty
oligarchy
c) Describe the religion of Sumer.
polytheism
ziggurat
theocracy
theocracy
d) Describe the economy of Sumer.
barter
e) Describe the social structure of Sumer.
patriarchy
artisans
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f) Describe the technology of Sumer.
cuneiform
g) When and why did this civilization end? How long did it last?
h) What happens after this civilization ends?
Babylon
Babylonia
Assyria
Assyrians
i) What was Hammurabi’s code and why was it significant?
(Hammurabi wksht; Chp. 1, sec. 3; Chp. 2, sec.1)
IV. Describe how the natural environment heavily influenced
this civilization.
Mesopotamia
The Tigris River
The Euphrates River
The Fertile Crescent
delta
silt
“crossroads of the world”
(Chp. 1, sec. 3; Chp. 2, sec.1)
V. What are the legacies of Mesopotamia?
(class notes; Hammurabi worksheet; Chp. 1, sec. 3;Chp. 2, sec.1)