Mesopotamia: The Land Between the Rivers

Mr. Ornstein

Willow Canyon High School

Answer???

Why is it good for students to know their student handbook? How does it protect you from teachers and administrators?

What does Mesopotamia Mean?

Land Between the Two RiversGreekBetween the Tigris and

Euphrates

Where is Mesopotamia?

Between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

Modern Day IraqPart of the Fertile

Crescent

Fertile Crescent

Arc of Fertile Land from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf

Rich Soil and Abundant Crops Made It Possible to Sustain the Earliest Civilizations

Fertile Crescent

Crescent NOT Croissant

The Oldest Cradle of Civilization

Mesopotamia Was the Oldest Cradle of Civilization

The First Cities Developed in Mesopotamia

Location not Civilization

Mesopotamia is a Location and Not One Single Civilization

A Number of Different Civilizations Lived in Mesopotamia

Who Lived in Mesopotamia??

SumeriansBabyloniansAssyriansPersians

The Sumerians

3000 BCSeparate City-States (City that is

its own country)

The Sumerians

Cuneiform-one of the earliest forms of writing

Ziggurats- pyramid like structuresFirst CitiesMud Brick WallsIrrigation Systems

Cuneiform

How was Cuneiform like Egyptian Hieroglyphics?

Ziggurats

Mesopotamians Were Polytheistic

Mesopotamians Believed in Many Gods.

City-States Worshipped Their Own Gods

Ziggurats Were to honor the God of the City-State

Babylonians

Great Ancient City of BabylonOne of the First Large Empires in

HistoryGreat King HammurabiFirst Law Code

Code of Hammurabi

First Known Written Law Code282 Laws“Eye for an Eye”Unequal Penalties for Rich and

Poor

Sargon of Akkad

Created First Empire

Empire-Large Amount of Land or People under One ruler

Answer

How are city-states different from Empires?

Achievements of Mesopotamia

First Civilization First Cities First Law Codes Epic of Gilgamesh-

one of the first great books

Cuneiform Ziggurats

The WheelFirst Empire Irrigation

SystemsMud WallsAchievements in

Math and Science

Answer for Collection

Which Achievement is most significant and why?

Why is Hammurabi’s Code Important?

What two geographic features made life possible in Mesopotamia