Transcript Mesopotamia Notes - Warren County Schools

Unit 3
First Civilizations
Neolithic Characteristics
domesticated animals used for work
All of these
farming
things
together
led
specialized jobs
to the
larger populations
emergence
of
permanent settlements
civilizations
etc.
Civilization
complex societies with cities, organized
governments, art, religion, class divisions, and
a writing system
For example, Mesopotamia
First Civilizations
“First Civilizations”
Use this entire space, so
make it big and bold.
First Civilizations/River
Valleys
City-States
Religion
Sumerian Society
Education &
Technology
Writing/Literature
Sargon vs. Hammurabi
Fertile Crescent
Fertile?
Crescent?
Fertile + Crescent =
I can locate the Fertile
Crescent.
First Civilizations/River Valleys
arose in river valleys
good farming conditions = easy to feed
large numbers of people
fish and fresh water
easy to travel and trade
Writing & Literature
Sumerians developed writing to keep track
of business deals and other events
Cuneiform
Scribes
Epic of Gilgamesh
Epic? Gilgamesh?
Sargon
Sargon and the
Akkadians conquered
all of Mesopotamia
and set up the
world’s first empire
Empire = group of
many lands under
one ruler
Sargon’s empire
lasted more than 200
Hammurabi
Babylon was a small,
powerful city-state in
Mesopotamia
Hammurabi became
king after his father, and
he began conquering
cities to the north and
south
Built another empire that
became more powerful
then Sargon’s =