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BABYLONIAN ZIGGURAT
MESOPOTAMIAN EMPIRES
1. Sumer ancient Sumer’s city-states
(3000 B.C. - 1800 B.C.)
2. Babylonia Babylonian Empire
( 1800 B.C. - 1200 B.C.)
3. Assyria Assyrian Empire
(1200 B.C. - 539 B.C.)
GEOGRAPHY
1. What two rivers
run through the
Fertile Crescent?
Tigris & Euphrates
Rivers
2. What body of
water do the two
rivers flow into?
Persian Gulf
3. In what present
day country is
Mesopotamia
located?
Iraq, Iran…
*NOTES*
ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA (4000 B.C.)
“land in between the rivers”
Why was this a perfect place for the 1st civilization?
1. Fertile Crescent - large arc of fertile land in
the Middle East
2. Tigris & Euphrates Rivers made it possible for
farming
3. Cattle, pigs, goats & sheep were accessible
*NOTES*
WHAT CHALLENGES DID PEOPLE FACE IN
MESOPOTAMIA?
1. Unpredictable floods destroyed
crops, homes & people
2. Marshy areas unsuitable for
farming
3. This land was vulnerable to
attack and invasion
SUMERIAN WRITING
Cuneiform
Written on clay
tablets
created by pressing
a pointed tool into a
clay tablet
SUMERIAN ECONOMY
Make, sell or barter (trade) goods
Trade helped expand cities
Development of money over time
SUMERIAN ECONOMY
RICH
POOR
government
officials
Farmers
Craftsman
religious leaders
(middle class)
traders
The invention of Agriculture changed the
way people lived.
 Agriculture (Farming)
 Growth of Cities
 Division of Labor
(Specialization)
 Trade
 Writing and Mathematics
THE MANY PEOPLE OF
MESOPOTAMIA: Cheat Sheet
1. Sumer : Known for written
language
2. Babylonia: Known for creating
Laws (Hammurabi’s Code)
3. Assyria: Known for being strong
warriors
AIM: How did geography encourage the rise of civilization in
Mesopotamia?
DO NOW:
(1) I am a group of people working together to create an
civilization
organized society _________________
(2) I am the geographic feature where early people settled
River valleys
_______________
(3) I am two features of a civilization that helps to bring
Writing system & ______________
roads
people together ____________