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6th Grade History 1.1 Mesopotamia Presearch Three: Exploring the Four Empires of Mesopotamia Themes: Cause & Effect, Systems Objectives: Trace the development of agricultural techniques that permitted the production of economic surplus and the emergence of cities as centers of culture and power. Understand the relationship between religion and the social and political order in Mesopotamia and Egypt. Know the significance of Hammurabi's Code. Trace the evolution of language and its written forms. Essential Questions: 1. What strategies did Sargon use to conquer the independent city-states of Sumer? What strategies did he use to control and maintain his empire? 2. Did the Akkadians adopt Sumerian writing and language? Explain. 3. Who was Hammurabi? What was the significance of his code of laws? 4. What was life like in Mesopotamia under Assyrian rule? 5. Hypothesize as to why so much conquest took place in Mesopotamia. Explain your hypothesis. All work should be recorded and filed in your ISN: Mesopotamia. This week: Due Points In ISN 1. Read Chapter 6 in The Ancient World 9/17 20 2. Define the following vocabulary: empire Akkadian Empire Sargon Babylonian Empire Assyrian Empire Nineveh Neo-Babylonian Empire Nebuchadrezzar Persian Empire 9/18 20 3. Winged Genius notes and paragraph 30 5. Four Empires Process Grid and Expert Group Notes