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7 Markers of a Civilization
• Art and Architecture: how long were the brick
walls that surrounded the ancient city of
Uruk?
7 Markers of a Civilization
• 10 Km
7 Markers of a Civilization
• Communication and Language: Early
Mesopotamian writers were referred to as
these
7 Markers of a Civilization
• Scribes
7 Elements of a Civilization
• Food and Shelter: Grade 8 students at Ecole
River Heights ate these four Mesopotamian
foods
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Bread
Honey
Pomegranate
Dates
7 Markers of a Civilization
• Work and Trade: Early Mesopotamians were
often paid in barley and oil which was
measured out in these ancient containers
7 Markers of a Civilization
• Beveled Rim Bowls
7 Markers of a Civilization
• Tools and Technology: List at least four
Sumerian ideas or inventions
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The Sail
The Plow
The Wheel
Writing (Cuneiform)
Hammurabi’s Code of Laws (1st legal code)
Base 60 number system
Geography- 10
• Mesopotamia is located in this geographic
region
Geography– 10
• The Middle East
Geography- 20
• Due to the lack of natural barriers for defense,
Mesopotamians developed these
Geography– 20
• Brick Walls
Geography- 30
• Mesopotamia lies in the valley between these
two rivers
Geography– 30
• Tigris and the Euphrates
Geography- 40
• Mesopotamia’s curved shape and the
richness of its soil led scholars to give it this
nickname
Geography– 40
• The Fertile Crescent
Geography - 50
• Name two inventions or ideas that Sumerians
used to control nature and advance
agriculture
Geography– 50
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Canals for irrigation
Mud bricks
Central Government
Land Surveys and maps
Laws
Social Organization- 10
• What is the difference between a society and
a civilization?
Social Organization – 10
• A civilization is more complex and has more
advanced institutions
Social Organization- 20
• Mesopotamian urban centers as well as the
lands that surrounded them are referred to as
these
Social Organization– 20
• City-states
Social Organization- 30
• A series of rulers from the same family is
referred to as this
Social Organization– 30
• A dynasty
Social Organization- 40
• The first governments were under the control
of these
Social Organization – 40
• Temple priests
Social Organization - 50
• This King built the Hanging Gardens
Social Organization – 50
• King Nebuchadnezzar II
Beliefs and Values - 10
• Mesopotamians held a belief in many gods
which is also known as this
Beliefs and Values – 10
• Polytheism
Beliefs and Values - 20
• This epic poem captures the founding of Uruk
and the trials of one of its great leaders
Beliefs and Values – 20
• The Epic of Gilgamesh
Beliefs and Values - 30
• According the Hammurabi’s Law, if you
removed someone’s eye you received this
punishment
Beliefs and Values – 30
• The removal of your own eye
Beliefs and Values - 40
• These walled temples also served as centers of
government
Beliefs and Values – 40
• Ziggurats
Beliefs and Values - 50
• In the Epic of Gilgamesh, the death of this
“wild man” inspires Gilgamesh’s quest for
immortality
Beliefs and Values – 50
• Enkidu
Grab Bag - 10
• Name this fruit
Grab Bag – 10
• Pomegranate
Grab Bag - 20
• This board game was invented in ancient
Mesopotamia
Grab Bag– 20
• Checkers
Grab Bag - 30
• This structure is considered to be one of the 7
Wonders of the Ancient World
Grab Bag – 30
• The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Grab Bag - 40
• Name the type of Mesopotamian writing
displayed here
Grab Bag – 40
• Cuneiform
Grab Bag - 50
• Explain the connection between this image
and ancient Mesopotamia
Grab Bag – 50
• Mesopotamians were the first group of people
to divide time units into 60 parts