The Sumerian CivilizationSWBAT: Describe and explain the Sumerian Civilization.
Aim: To examine the civilization of Sumer
Do Now:
If you lived 5,000 years ago, where would you make your home?
Would life be easy or hard? Why?
In what modern day country was the Fertile
Crescent?
Geography
The Sumerian civilization rose in the valleys between the Tigris
and Euphrates rivers.
Sumerian CivilizationThe _______ _______________ in ______________ was _________.
By about ________ ______ ago, __________ along the ___________ and ___________ ________ had grown into busy _________.
What did these city-states make-up?
What did various city-states fight over?
Sumerians Invented Writing
This is cuneiform.
Babylonians wrote using this “wedge-shaped” writing on clay tablets.
The Sumerians invented writing.
More cuneiform writing
Economic: trade and farming
Sumerians (Mesopotamians) were known to trade with the Egyptians and the Indus Valley civilizations.
In later years, these trade routes became Silk Road.
Sumerians invented the wheel!
The wheel was invented by 6000 BC!
It helped military, farming and trade.
At right, this is made of wood.
Ziggurats Pyramid Like
Temples
The largest buildings in city-states.
Political:Mesopotamian Law
Code of Hammurabi
“eye for an eye tooth for a tooth”
Religion
What did the polytheistic Sumerians believe in?
What did each city-states have?
What were the largest buildings?
Vocabulary
Village
River
Political
City-states
Polytheism
Monotheism
Nature
Pyramid
Ziggurats
God
Goddess
Cuniform
Summary
What did you learn about the Sumerian Civilization?
Application:
How did Sumer attract invasion and migration?
HOMEWORK
Compare Sumerian society to Egyptian society. How were they alike? How were they different?
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