PPT-Mesopotamia “LAND BETWEEN THE TWO RIVERS”

Mesopotamia LAND BETWEEN THE TWO RIVERS Begin by looking reading and writing A time line pp 82 write 5 statements based on the information pp 8283 A map pp 8485 write 5 statements based on the information based on the information on page 8485What is the title of the map. Mesopotamia. Humans lived as . nomads for tens of . thousands of years . before slowly . settling down in . various parts of the . world. . Nomads are . people who have no . permanent home and . travel in search of food and safety. . th. . Bellwork. Checkpoint #45. Classwork. India map. Test next Friday, 14. th. . Check Point #45. Number 1-7. 30 seconds per slide. 1. What larger region was Mesopotamia located within?. Sahara Desert. 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. 8,000 BC. Start with a story: imagine you are a farmer living near Southwest Asia. The yearly flood which makes farming possible has not come. Now the village is fighting for it’s life…!. Do Now . PowerPoints. are reduced versions.. In order to upload them onto . Teacherspayteachers. I’ve had to remove the embedded movie files and other media.. If you want the full copies please send me an email so I can send you a download link free of charge.. Introduction:. Civilization. developed between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.. By . 3,000. B.C., a number of cities are established by the Sumerians.. Role of Environment. Created in a region that . 6. th. . Grade Social Studies. Chapter 5 Lesson 1 in the World Text. The Big Picture. Around 4000 BC Egyptian farming communities were growing along the Nile River.. Another civilization was also developing in . what is now the country of Iraq.. Mesopotamia was part of a larger region called the Fertile Crescent. This area, that stretched from the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea down to the Persian Gulf, had fertile soil and was where many civilizations started. The shape is somewhat similar to a crescent (think of a crescent roll, or a crescent-shaped moon).. Mr. Korinek 7. th. Grade Social Studies. The Four Empires of Mesopotamia 2300 and 539 B.C.E. Akkadian. Empire. Babylonian Empire. Assyrian Empire. Neo Babylonian Empire. The . Akkadian. Empire 2300 . Two Early City-States. Catal Huyuk. Jericho. Catal Huyuk is the oldest and the largest Neolithic city found, so far. It dates to 8,000 years BCE and was occupied continuously for 376 generations. No specific reasons for its abandonment have been found. . Vocab: Fertile Crescent. Region of rich soil in the middle east, curving from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea.. Vocab: Mesopotamia. Region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Name given to this region by the ancient Greeks meaning “between the rivers”. PMS 46PMS 75 125148Do nt put a bxaound the lgo INCORRECT31USEIn order to prevent inconsistent use of the Five Rivers MetroParks logo it must always be scaled appropriately The logo must not be stretch Chapter 3 – Mesopotamia and the Fertile crescent . Words to know. Fertile Crescent. silt. irrigation. canals. surplus. division of labor. You will know. The rivers of Southwest Asia support the growth of civilization. runoff. ), where it travels overland to the oceans. Streams and Rivers are an essential part in the water cycle and account for most of the . erosion of Earth’s surface. .. Rivers. A . tributary. is a stream that runs into a larger stream. The main river will eventually drain into the ocean. A river and all of its tributaries is called a .