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Ancient Mesopotamia CBRT Script
(1st DRAFT)
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Good evening, time travelers!
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Thank you for booking a tour with...
Back to the Past Tours! [gesture] [sound
effect]
Please fasten your seatbelts...
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and set your dials for 5000 BC!
Five thousand BC! [sound effect] [sound
effect]
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Tonight’s destination—
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Ancient Mesopotamia!
Mesopotamia comes from 2 Greek words
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Mesos means Middle
Potromos means River
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Mesopotamia!!
Mesoptamia is located between the calming
waters of the Tigris and Euphrates
The What?
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The Tigris and Euphrates are rivers!
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Is that the Fertile Crescent?
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Yes the Fertile Crescent
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Why is it a fertile crescent?
Because of the life sustaining rivers.
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Baby-loan was the capital of ancient Babylow-knee-uh?
Baby lawns?
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Yup! They had babies and low knees a long
time ago!
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NO! That’s Babylon—the capital of ancient
Babylonia!
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Oh, Babylon, on the Euphrates river!
Isn’t that what I said?
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Where are we? (gesture)
Sumer in Southern Mesopotamia. It was one
of the first civilizations [gesture]
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Sorry, I was at the snack bar grabbing some
hummus. What do people call this place?
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Sumerians had a form of writing called
cuneiform
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Cunieform? A writing system?
this writing
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Cuneiform
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was wedge shaped indentations
indent . . . what?
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indentations that were wedge shaped
this writing was done on clay tablets
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cuneiform on clay tablets?
yes
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by the sumerians
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The Sumerian’s made up a mathematical
system
A mathematical what? (questioning looks)
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A system based on the number 60
The number 60! (surprised)
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That’s a big number! (Ooooh)
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And then came another invention…the wheel!
Ooooh…the wheel (making circular
gestures)!
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Who invented the wheel?
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The Sumerians invented the wheel (making
circular gestures)!
Speaker 10 Sumerians are sure great artists! Just
look at those beautiful mosaics!
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Mosaics?
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They cut out thousands of colorful tiny pieces
and glued them together in designs.
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Hey, they are made of clay!
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Wow! Clay Mosaic patterns!
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Archaeologists discovered many interesting
things!
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What did they find?
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Mosaics, helmets and harps, jewelry, pottery,
and decorated tables too!
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[Sound effect: Oooooooh]
Hey what time is it?
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I don’t know?
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TIME TO LOOK AT OUR SUNDIAL!
THAT’S RIGHT
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ALL:
THE ANCIENT MESOPATAMIANS CREATED
THE FIRST CALENDAR AND THE 1ST CLOCK!
[TICK TOCK, TICK TOCK]
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Hey, look over there at all those steps!
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WHOA!
Those look like some sort of ancient temple!
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I’ve never seen an ancient temple like that
before!
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What is it called?
A ziggurat.
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What???
A ZIGGURAT!
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Cool.
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What are zigg…zigg…zigg…
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Ziggurats!
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Wait, are Ziggurats holy mountains where
people could get closer to the Gods
Right!
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Welcome back time travelers.
(Star Wars tune)
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Meso
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Mesopotamia
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Who wouldnt blame ya
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for booking today?
Meso
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Mesopotamia
The culture sustains ya
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We're ready to pay!
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Brought from modern day Iraq right here to
you today!
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For all your time travel needs [gesture] call
on ...
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Back to the Past Tours! [gesture] [sound
effect]
01/29/2013 21:30:12 PM from cgteeters to
Rosalind Flynn (privately):
this seems very doable - thanks for this
practice!
01/29/2013 21:30:17 PM from Jennifer to
Everyone:
Thanks Rosalind, lots of fun this evening!
01/29/2013 21:30:24 PM from Dawn Gerhart to
Everyone:
Have a great evening! See you all next time.
This was alot of fun!
01/29/2013 21:30:27 PM from Patricia
Hawkridge to Rosalind Flynn (privately):
Thank you, this is great fun!
01/29/2013 21:30:27 PM from cassie to
Rosalind Flynn (privately):
I haven't had time to download the video yet.
But since you'll be at KP tomorow...come get
your camera!
01/29/2013 21:30:40 PM from Candice to
Everyone:
I enjoyed being able to see the kids this time!
01/29/2013 21:31:10 PM from Miriam Bowden
to Everyone:
Yeah, that was great, I can't wait to use this
01/29/2013 21:31:10 PM from cgteeters to
Rosalind Flynn (privately):
Is it okay to collaborate with other teachers
taking this class?
01/29/2013 21:31:16 PM from Rosemary Nevin
to Everyone:
Thanks!
01/29/2013 21:31:20 PM from suezongker to
Everyone:
Thanks so much Rosalind! I wanted to ask
how do I enlarge or move my photo image
around on the screen?
01/29/2013 21:31:20 PM from cassie to
Rosalind Flynn (privately):
Night
01/29/2013 21:32:12 PM from cgteeters to
Everyone:
Thanks! and have a great next couple of
weeks!
01/29/2013 21:33:37 PM from Candice to
Everyone:
I did in a Word doc.