Mesopotamia

Social Studies State Frameworks

MESOPOTAMIA: SITE OF SEVERAL ANCIENT RIVER CIVILIZATIONS, C. 3500–1200 BC/BCE

7.7 On a historical map, locate the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers and identify Sumer, Babylon, and Assyria as successive civilizations and empires in this region, and explain why the region is sometimes called “the Fertile Crescent.” On a modern map of western Asia, identify the modern countries in the region (Iraq, Iran, and Turkey). (H, G, E)

7.8 Identify polytheism (the belief that there are many gods) as the religious belief of the people in Mesopotamian civilizations. (H)

7.9 Describe how irrigation, metalsmithing, slavery, the domestication of animals, and inventions such as the wheel, the sail, and the plow contributed to the growth of Mesopotamian civilizations. (H, E)

7.10 Describe the important achievements of Mesopotamian civilization. (H, C, E) A. its system of writing (and its importance in record keeping and tax collection) B. monumental architecture (the ziggurat) C. art (large relief sculpture, mosaics, and cylinder seals)

7.11 Describe who Hammurabi was and explain the basic principle of justice in Hammurabi’s Code (“an eye for an eye”). (H, C, E)

The Mesopotamians Song

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Metallurgy

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Four Empire Notes

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