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City – States of Mesopotamia. Mr. Folkersma World History Sault Area High School. Mesopotamia. “The Land Between the Rivers” Tigris & Euphrates Rivers Thought to be the location of the Garden of Eden. Located in Modern Day Iraq Land was fertile, and produce an surplus of food. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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City – States of MesopotamiaMr. FolkersmaWorld HistorySault Area High School
Mesopotamia “The Land Between the Rivers”
Tigris & Euphrates Rivers Thought to be the location of the Garden of
Eden. Located in Modern Day Iraq
Land was fertile, and produce an surplus of food.
Assignment Part 1:
Problems Identify the issues
that Sumerians faced with living in Mesopotamia
Solutions Explain the
solutions that the Sumerians came up with to solve their issues.
Hint: Sec 1 – Page 29 & 30
City-States Functioned as independent country Cities were surrounded by fields of
barley and wheat Priest and Rulers controlled the city-
states Sometimes they were military led.
Assignment Part 2: Discuss what Sumerian Culture was like:
Religion Society Science and Technology
Three Key points for each subtopic
Hammurabi’s Code of Laws8. If a man has stolen an ox, a sheep, a pig, or a boat that belonged to a temple or palace, he shall repay thirty times its cost. If it belonged to a private citizen, he shall repay ten times. If the thief cannot pay, he shall be put to death.
Hammurabi’s Code of Laws196. If a man put out the eye of another man, his eye shall be put out.
198. If he puts out he eye of a freed man or break the bone of a free man, he shall pay one gold mina.
199. If he put out the eye of a man’s slave, or break the bone of a man’s slave, he shall pay one-half of its value.