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Mesopotamia?
DO NOW:
(1) I am a group of people working together to create an
organized society _________________
(2) I am the geographic feature where early people settled
_______________
(3) I am two features of a civilization that helps to bring
people together ____________ & ______________
HW: Discuss the importance of water to the people of the
Middle East. How did climate and topography of the Middle
East effected how people lived?
*NOTES*
ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA (4000 B.C.)
land in between the rivers
Why was this a perfect place for the 1st civilization?
1. Fertile Crescent - large arc of fertile land in
the Middle East
2. Tigris & Euphrates Rivers made it possible for
farming
3. Cattle, pigs, goats & sheep were accessible
*NOTES*
WHAT CHALLENGES DID PEOPLE FACE IN
MESOPOTAMIA?
1. Unpredictable floods destroyed
crops, homes & people
2. Some areas were marshy and
unsuitable for farming
3. This land was vulnerable to
attack and invasion
ZIGGURATS
BABYLONIAN ZIGGURAT
*NOTES*
THE MANY PEOPLE OF MESOPOTAMIA:
1. Sumerians (ancient Sumers city-states)
(3000 B.C. - 1800 B.C.)
2. Babylonians (Babylonian Empire)
( 1800 B.C. - 1200 B.C.
3. Assyrians (Assyrian Empire)
(1200 B.C. - 539 B.C.)
4. Persians (Persian Empire)
(539 B.C. - 330 B.C.)