M1: Identify the early river civilizations including in Ancient Egypt, India, Mesopotamia, and China.

M2: Identify the common elements between the early river civilizations.

M3: Describe how early civilizations were based on the importance of agriculture.

M4: Evaluate the function and importance of Hammurabi's Code.

M5: Using the Standard of Ur, evaluate what was important to Mesopotamian society.

M6: Describe the plight of the Hebrew people, and how their belief in monotheism was both a change for the world and problematic for them

M7: Describe how technology shaped Mesopotamia and contributed to the rise and fall of empires.

M8: Explain how government shaped the lives of Mesopotamians.

M1: Identify the early river civilizations including in Ancient Egypt, India, Mesopotamia, and China.

M2: Identify the common elements between the early river civilizations.

M3: Describe how early civilizations were based on the importance of agriculture.

M4: Evaluate the function and importance of Hammurabi's Code.

M5: Using the Standard of Ur, evaluate what was important to Mesopotamian society.

M6: Describe the plight of the Hebrew people, and how their belief in monotheism was both a change for the world and problematic for them

M7: Describe how technology shaped Mesopotamia and contributed to the rise and fall of empires.

M8: Explain how government shaped the lives of Mesopotamians.