PPT-What were some contributions of Sumerian civilization?

Warmup Thursday write Lab for Wednesday httpwwwtimemapscomhistory Create a title for each picture Take notes around the picture How to complete your notes The Ancient Middle East 3200 BC500 BC. 1 and 1722A 1 et seq Unlimited Unlimi ted Unlimited 500candidateelection aj Unlimited Alaska 57511 1513065 to 080 500candidateyear Aggregate amounts candidates may accept from nonresidents 20000yeargub candidate 5000yearsenate candidate 3000yearhouse Ameri can political leaders frequently said that the United States was the heir to Western civi lization and that it had a duty to defend the West against its enemies most obviously the communist bloc led by the Soviet Union sometimes termed the Eas -. Artworks-. Worshipper Statuettes. Victory Stele of . Naram. -Sin. Ziggurat. Sumerian. -. The . Sumerians were the people who transformed the vast, flat lower valley between the Tigris & Euphrates into the Fertile Crescent of the ancient world. Sparsely inhabited before the Sumerians, this area is now southern Iraq. . SOL-WHI-3. The 1. st. River Valley Civilizations. During the New Stone Age, permanent settlements appeared in river valleys and around the Fertile Crescent. . River Valleys provided water and rich soil for crops as well as protection from invasion. . History of Architecture I. Module 3. Architecture of the Ancient Near East. Module Outline. Lecture 6. Historical Background. Location and period . Social characteristics and beliefs. Architecture of the Civilization. What is a Civilization?. Think of 3 aspects that you think it takes to make a civilization.. Write one aspect on each sticky note.. In groups share your aspects with the other members.. Select the 5 best from your group and write them on your chart paper to share with the class.. 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: . . 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 . Sumeria. Section 2: The Rise of Sumer. The Big Idea. The Sumerians developed the first civilization in Mesopotamia.. Main Ideas. The Sumerians created the world’s first advanced society. .. Looking at Sumerian history and government. APAH – . GARDNER . CHAPTER 2-1. PP. 31-42. And so they traveled until they reached . Uruk. .. There Gilgamesh the king said to the boatman:. “Study the brickwork, study the fortification;. climb the ancient staircase to the terrace;. 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).. 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. . Dr. Wang . Qi. Department of Architecture and Built Environment . Between the rivers – the cradle of western history and architecture. Irrigated by two rivers. The earliest literary civilization. State-cities . The . Kharsag. Tablets. Edmund Marriage. Extract from Learning from History Part 16. Delving deeper into the detailed evidence to add knowledge to my previous presentations. www.goldenageproject.org.uk.