Unit 3 - Mesopotamia

What will we be learning about?

Chapter 4 - Mesopotamia p 73 - 96

Standards- 6.3a, 6.3b, 6.3c, & 6.3d (Early River Valley Civilizations)

EQ - How does geography influence the way people live?

Why does conflict develop?


Lesson 1 - Why did people settle in Mesopotamia? (The Sumerians pgs. 76-85)

What was life like in Sumer?

What ideas and inventions did Sumerians pass on to other civilizations?

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Lesson 2 - How did Mesopotamia’s first empires develop? (Mesopotamian Empires 86-93)

How did the Assyrians influence Southwest Asia?

Why was Babylon an important city in the ancient world?


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