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The Four River Valley Civilizations are called the
Cradle of Civilization.
Birthplace of
three major
world
religions:
Judaism,
Christianity &
Islam.
Important
Contributions:
Cuneiform Writing,
Hammurabi’s Code,
The City-State & the
Ziggurat.
The Fertile Crescent is the area around
the Tigris & Euphrates Rivers. Often
called Ancient Mesopotamia.
From The Code of Hammurabi, translated by L. W. King
PROPERTY
21. If any one break a hole into a house (break in to steal), he shall be put to death before that hole
and be buried.
22. If any one is committing a robbery and is caught, then he shall be put to death
FAMILY
141. If a man's wife, who lives in his house, wishes to leave it, plunges into debt, tries to ruin her
house, neglects her husband, land is judicially convicted: if her husband offer her release, she may go
on her way, and he gives her nothing as a gift of release. If her husband does not wish to release her,
and if he take another wife, she shall remain as servant in her husband's house.
195. If a son strike his father, his hands shall be hewn off.
VIOLENCE
196. If a man put out the eye of another man, his eye shall be put out.
200. If a man knock out the teeth of his equal, his teeth shall be knocked out.
218. If a physician make a large incision with the operating knife, and kill him, or open a tumor with
the operating knife, and cut out the eye, his hands shall be cut off.
229. If a builder build a house for some one, and does not construct it properly, and the house which
he built fall in and kill its owner, then that builder shall be put to death.
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Fertile Crescent Empires Station Activity
•Students will work in groups around the room
clockwise.
•Students will have 10 minutes at each station to
explore a summary article and fill in graphic
organizer. When the music stops, switch stations.
Station 1:
Station 2:
Station 3:
Station 4:
Station 5:
Station 6:
Hittites
Sumerians
Babylon
Assyrians / Chaldeans
Phoenicians
Catch-up round (5 minutes)
Civilization
Dates
Government
Religion
Writing
Math and
Science
Arts
Trade
Babylonians
Sumer
Rise
Rise
Fall
Fall
Hittites
Rise
Fall
Assyrians &
Chaldeans
Rise
Fall
Phoenicians
Rise
Fall
The Kingdom of Egypt developed
along the Nile River.
The Egyptian government was a
Theocracy ruled by the Pharaoh.
The major contributions
of this civilization are:
Hieroglyphic Writing
Use of papyrus for writing.
Embalming and Mummification.
Building of the Pyramids.
Indian civilization began along the Indus
River in modern-day Pakistan.
Birthplace of two major religions: Hinduism
& Buddhism.
They built well planned cities with
streets that ran in a grid pattern.
In the largest cities a walled, elevated Citadel,
or fortress, enclosed buildings such as
granaries, warehouses & meeting halls.
This civilization
developed between the
Chang Jiang (Yangzi) &
Huang He (Yellow) Rivers.
The Huang He region is
very fertile due to its soil
known as loess.
Birthplace of two famous
philosophers: Confucius
&Laozi.
Important contributions:
Great Wall of China,
development of paper,
the abacus & the
development of writing.
Religious beliefs:
Ancestor Worship,
Shintoism, and the
Mandate of Heaven.
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