PPT-Mesopotamia

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. 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. 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. . “The Land Between the Rivers” . 3200-500 BCE. Come to Sumer!. If you are looking for a city bound vacation come to Sumer where culture is abundant. Sumer is the dominant kingdom in the Mesopotamia! Come between the time period of 4000 - 2800 BCE before conflicts arose! Bring food, bring friends and bring family! . 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. 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 . . An epic is a long poem that tells the story of legendary or heroic people or gods. . Like . most . epics. , the first stories of . Gilgamesh . began as oral . fables . handed down by . word . of mouth. Hundreds . i. Beginnings – reformation. August 30: Beginnings. Beginnings. Mesopotamia. Egypt. Beginnings. History of civilization: how to date?. Definition of “text”. Hunter/gatherer vs. producer/settler. Assyria. Famous kings. Sargon of Akkad . Also known as Sargon . the Great. Great Empire builder. Took over . all of . southern . Mesopotamia. Assyria was an empire that means they were ruled by one king- who made all the rules to live by. 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.. Mesopotamian Civilization. Mesopotamian Civilization. p17-20. What do you call a complex society that has an organized government, art, religion, class divisions and a writing system?. A civilization. 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”.