PPT-Cuneiform Writing

Clay tablets Fill out the table in your booklet Place of origin Period of emergence Materials used Number of signs Sketch Hieroglyphs Hieroglyphics Place of origin Period of emergence. The Legacy of Mesopotamia:. Cuneiform . How many of you know what barley is? . How is it used? . What does it look like in its natural state? . The first Mesopotamian written representation of barley was a picture…. Writing in Ancient Mesopotamia. Warm Up. Think back to what you learned about ancient Sumerian society last week.. What do you think the artifact on the next slide shows?. Standard of Ur. What is going on on the top row?. A social studies integrated ceramic art project for grades 5 and up. Donna Pence. A cylinder seal is a cylinder engraved with a 'picture story', used in ancient times to roll an impression onto a two-dimensional surface, generally wet clay. Cylinder seals were invented around 3500 BC in the Near East, at the contemporary site of Susa in south-western Iran and at the early site of . Cuneiform & Hieroglyphics. Allows us to record history, . _______ . and religious texts and to create literature.. Essential to the spread of . ________________ . and the advancement of ideas. Writing. Lingfei . zhou. ; Jingyu guan; . shuo. . wang. ; . qin. li. . Pro. W A. Johnson. Greek civ, duke Kunshan university . Writing systems in the East . 1. Step 1 . What is the East Writing System? . Writing systems in the East . Sumerian Achievements. Main Ideas:. 1. . The Sumerians invented the world’s first writing system.. 2. Advances and inventions changed Sumerian lives.. 3. Many types of art developed in Sumer.. Key terms:. Writing from Mesopotamia. Cuneiform was used to record business transactions and trade. .. Cuneiform was invented in 3300 BC. A wedge shaped reed was used to write on clay tablets and then the tablets were baked in the sun . Clay tablets. Fill out the table in your booklet. Place of origin:. Period of emergence:. Materials used:. Number of signs:. Sketch:. Hieroglyphs. Hieroglyphics. Place of origin:. Period of emergence:. Pelvic Girdle. Composed of sacrum, coccyx, and 2 . coxae. (hipbones). Coxae. have 3 distinct parts:. Ilium. Ischium. Pubis. Coxae. parts fuse together in the . acetabulum. (. acetabul. -), a cup-shaped area on the . Section 3: Sumerian Achievements. The Big Idea. The Sumerians made many advances that helped their society develop.. Main Ideas. The Sumerians invented the world’s first writing system. . Advances and inventions changed Sumerian lives.. Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent. Section 3- . Sumerian Achievements. The Big Idea. The Sumerians made many . advances. that . helped. their society . develop. .. Main Ideas. The Sumerians invented the . Period 1 8000BCE-600BCE. Starts @ Neolithic Revolution. Before 8000 BCE .  . homosapiens. (us) . Out . of Africa. Modern humans migrate after about 80,000 years ago from Africa. Island hop across Indonesia into Australia by 40,000 years ago. Bellringer What advantages did River Valleys offer for starting a civilization? List the 5 characteristics of a civilization. STAIR S pecialized workers T echnology A dvanced cities I nstitutions R