PPT-Mesopotamia

Land Between the Rivers VIDEO FERTILE CRESENT Mesopotamia Fertile land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers 20 to 150 miles wide SUMER First Civilization Collection of CityStates Each citystate centered around a temple called a Ziggurat . 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. . 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. 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. . By Lauren Feeley. &. Angel Nieves. Hammurabi’s Code of Laws. Law 48: . if a storm came and blew all the grain and other crops in the air, or they died because of lack of water, they would not have to have to pay the rent for the entire year.. 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.. 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 . i. Beginnings – reformation. August 30: Beginnings. Beginnings. Mesopotamia. Egypt. Beginnings. History of civilization: how to date?. Definition of “text”. Hunter/gatherer vs. producer/settler. Assyrian Empire. 2400-612 B.C.E.. Ancient Mesopotamia. Mesopotamian Civilizations survived because of the water resources known as the Tigris & Euphrates Rivers. Mesopotamian cultures used mud bricks to build with . Chapter 5 . History of the Fertile Crescent. The Main Idea. The rivers of Southwest Asia supported the growth of civilization. New farming techniques led to the growth of cities. .. The BIG Idea. The valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers were the site of the world’s first civilizations.. 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: . . Chapter 2. Section 3. An Eye for an Eye, A Tooth for a Tooth…….. “If a man has destroyed the eye of a man if the class of gentleman, they shall destroy his eye. If he has broken a gentleman’s bone, they shall break his bone. If he destroyed the eye of a commoner or broken a bone of a commoner, he shall pay one mina of silver. If he has destroyed the eye of a gentleman’s slave, or broken a bone of the gentleman’s slave, he shall pay half the slaves price. If a gentleman’s slave strikes the cheek of a gentleman, they shall cut off the slave’s ear.” . 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 . Take out your homework. 1. Where is Mesopotamia? . 2. What were the names of the civilizations that lived there?. 3. What things did those civilizations accomplish?. 4 Copy the following sentence:. Mr. . 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”.