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Warm-up Questions 9/9/19 Which statement implies that city-states fought each
other for farmland?
a) City-states had plenty of food supplies.
b) Crops had been destroyed by drought.
c) Every city-state wanted more farmland to grow food.
What type of person most likely became the first kings?
Mesopotamia
Sumerian Achievements
Ancient Civilizations
Teacher – Mr. Hollingsworth Room 116
Today’s Learning Targets I will use the academic vocabulary of this region and time
appropriately.
I will identify the physical and cultural features of this
region on a map.
I will outline Sumerian achievements.
Warm-up Questions Which statement implies that city-states fought
each other for farmland?a) City-states had plenty of food supplies.
b) Crops had been destroyed by drought.
c) Every city-state wanted more farmland to grow food.
What type of persons most likely became the first kings? War heroes
The Invention of Writing
Sumerians invented cuneiform. Scribes used a system of writing with styluses to make wedge shaped marks in clay tablets.
The Invention of Writing
Complete your handout as this material is discussed in class.
Notes are to go onto page six of your notebook.
The Invention of Writing
Compare your pictogram to the Sumerian pictogram.
Epic of Gilgamesh
This is the first known written epic. It is the story of a great Sumerian King.
Greeks wrote Hercules based upon this epic.
Advances & Inventions
Technical Advances:
Invented the wheel
Potter’s Wheel
Plow
Clock using falling water
Learned to use bronze
Advances & Inventions
Math & Sciences:
Math system based upon 60
360 degree circle
12 month year
Medical healing drugs
Key Terms Review
More than needed.
surplus
Human-made waterways.
Canals
Key Terms Review A way of supplying water to an area of land
irrigation
When each worker specializes in a particular task or job.
Division of labor
Key Terms Review
A large arc of rich, or fertile farmland
Fertile Crescent
A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks
Silt
Key Terms Review
The countryside
rural
City areas
urban
Key Terms Review
An independent city and its surrounding countryside
City-state
a land with different territories and peoples under a single ruler
empire
Key Terms Review
The worship of many gods
polytheism
People who perform religious ceremonies
priests
Key Terms Review
The division of a society by rank or class
social hierarchy
Key Terms Review
The world’s first known system of writing
cuneiform
A person who writes
scribe
Key Terms Review
A long poem that tells about great heroes and their deeds
epics
The science of building
architecture
Key Terms Review
A picture symbol
pictographs
A pyramid shaped temple tower
ziggurat
Key Terms Review
A wheeled horse-drawn cart used in battle.
chariot
Chunking
Map Items
Nile River
Euphrates River
Tigris River
Mediterranean Sea
Caspian Sea
Red Sea
Persian Gulf
Asia Minor
Mesopotamia
Syrian Desert
Arabian Peninsula
Taurus Mountains
Zagros Mountains
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Survey Why did scribes have power and influence in
Sumerian society?
People who could read and write were important.
What was the first known epic?
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Survey Ruler of the first known empire…
Sargon
What are pictures that are used as symbols called?
pictographs
Today’s Learning Targets I can use the academic vocabulary of this region and time
appropriately.
I can identify the physical and cultural features of this
region on a map.
I can outline Sumerian achievements.