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18 October 2016 Objective – Determine how Mesopotamia fits elements of a civilization. On your Desk – Cornell Notes- Packet page 2 – A highlighter & a Pencil • Bellringer: Write down your homework! • Mesopotamian Rap – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdblRch6m3g • Is Mesopotamia a Civilization? – Interactive Story • Fill in Packet page 3 • HW: None (if you read Section 3.1) Vocabulary Word Sumerians Silt Surplus City-state (2 students) Stable Food Supply Division of Labor (3 Students) Memory Helper The World’s First Civilization “Flood, Flood, Flood! Evaporation! Silt!” More than is needed Dad: Go to your room! Child: You can’t tell me what to do! I have a surplus of food! 1. “I’m a farmer!”, 2. “I work in government,” 3. “I’m a slave…that stinks!” System of Government Social Hierarchy (sung to the Farmer in the Dell) Highly Developed Culture “I’m the King of the World! Bow to me!” “The kings are at the top, the priests are under them, skilled workers and scribes are next, with farmers and slaves at the bottom” (said very snotty )“I have a lot of culture!” Polytheism Cuneiform “Bless you sun! Bless you moon! Bless you air!” Wedged symbols Evidence Stable Food Supply Division of Labor Evidence System of Government Social Hierarchy Highly Developed Culture Is Mesopotamia a Civilization? Stable Food Supply • Irrigation increased the amount of food farmers were able to grow • Farmers could create a surplus of food • Foods included: fish, meat, barley and dates Division of Labor • Since there was a surplus of food, not everyone had to be a farmer • Each worker could specialize in a particular job • People could become – Crafters – Religious leaders – Government workers System of Government • Organized into city-states (city & countryside around it) • King is in control Social Hierarchy King Priests Skilled Workers/Scribes Merchants & Traders Farmers & Laborers (Working Class) Slaves Highly Developed Culture • • • • • • Writing – Cuneiform Works of literature – poems & stories Invented the wheel and plow Statues of gods Gold jewelry People sang, danced & played musical instruments