PPT-Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent

By Mr Zindma n Unit 2 1 Section 1 Geography and the Fertile Crescent 2 Essential Question How did geography influence the development of civilization in Southwest Asia The Big Idea . c. 8000 BC c. 3600 BC c. 3200 BC c. 2334 c. 1792 c. 539. Development of agriculture Civilizations begin first writings using Sargon of Akkad Hammurabi of Cyrus the Great. Mesopotamia. “Land between the rivers”. Between the Tigris River and Euphrates River. Fertile Crescent. Little rain. Silt from river. Mesopotamia. Flooding. Snow melt. Irrigation and drainage ditches. 7000-5000 B.C.. 7.1.1 Identify and compare the rise of early agricultural river valley civilization in Africa and Asia.. 7.1.3. Trace steps in the development of written language, including the evolution of Sumerian cuneiform, Egyptian hieroglyphics, and Chinese calligraphy.. 6.8. On a historical map, locate and describe the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, Zagros and Caucuses Mountains, Persian Gulf, Caspian and Black Sea, Dead Sea and Sea of Galilee and explain why the region is referred to as the Fertile Crescent. . Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent. Geography of the Fertile Crescent. Section 1. What made civilization possible in Mesopotamia?. Tigris and Euphrates flooding left a fertile layer of soil for crops, which provided food for early settlements.. Water in Context: Exploring water in the Middle East region through GIS mapping and cross-disciplinary perspectives . – 28 September 2012. Jason Ur. John L. Loeb Associate Professor . of the Social Sciences. cheap fertile xx. buy fertile xx. fertile xx cost. fertile xx. online fertile xx. order fertile xx. purchase fertile xx. fertile xx mg. Invasions of Mesopotamia. Several other civilizations also developed in and around the Fertile Crescent. As their armies battled each other for fertile land, control of the region passed from one empire to another.. by Michael Ondaatje . Ondaatje- Bio. 1943 in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Family were British Colonialists- wealthy- owned tea plantation. Father alcoholic. Ended marriage. Moved with mother first to England then to Canada.. Crescent). The Sumerians. First people known to live in the Fertile Crescent.. They farmed and raised cattle. Built large cities. They invented the arch. The Ziggurat a large stepped pyramid temple. land . of otherwise . arid SW Asia (Middle East) . Fertile Crescent. Name given to the geographic area (not civilization) between the Tigris and the Euphrates. Mesopotamia. Oldest civilization to emerge in Mesopotamia . ”. Madison Perry & Elizabeth Troy. What is it?. “Fertile Crescent is regarded as the birthplace of agriculture, urbanization, writing, trade, science, history, and organized religions.”. A region in the Middle East that curves (hence crescent) through southern Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, and northern Egypt.. Guide. Part 1. (Short Answer Test). Civilization. a group of people living together who have organized systems of government, education, religion, and a social structure. Systems of Government. Education. The Babylonian Empire. Created by Hammurabi in 1787 B.C. by conquering cities in Sumer.. Built roads throughout empire to make trading easier. Babylon became rich through trade.. Conquered and destroyed in the early 1500s BC.