Author: Hartland Schools

Ancient Mesopotamia

Directions: (using maps from your text pages 33,35,43, 53, 55, 63.)
Color Green the Fertile Crescent Color the rest of the map Yellow.
Color water Blue, including Rivers,
Colors the boundaries of each civilization Sinai Peninsula Egypt
Sumer Red Tigris River Ur
Babylonia - Orange Euphrates River Babylon
Assyria Purple Mediterranean Sea Nineveh
Phoenicia Pink Persian Gulf Syrian Desert
Persia Arabian Peninsula Red Sea
Canaan Brown Jerusalem Nile River
Zagros Mts.
4.1

The Ancient World~Mesopotamia

Vocabulary / Term	1. Define each term. / 2. Tell why it is important to the fertile crescent.
Alphabet-	The teachers think its important to cover the alphabet because it connect to…..
City State
Myth
Caravan
Bazaar	So, the impact of a bazaar on Mesopotamia is….
Covenant
Empire
Cuneiform
Diaspora
Famine	And this affected the Israelites because...

**Make sure Sumar is drawn in on your Map and Timeline
Rise:
Fall:
Advancements
#1 #2 #3
Trade
Where: What:
Who with: How:
Culture
Describe:
Religion (Circle) Monotheistic or Polytheistic
Their temple, called a _______________ is different because…..
Type of Government:
Influential People:
Summary:- With Partner
Pause & Ponder...The impact of Sumarian civilization to this region was...and this connects to….

The Ancient World~Sumaria

The Ancient World
Hammurabi’s Babylonia

**Make sure this is drawn in on your Map and Timeline
Rise:
Fall:
Advancements
Give Examples of Hammurabi’s Code:
The creation of Hammurabi’s code was the first time that…..
Trade
Babylon is the center of___________. So, I can infer that…..
Culture
Stop and think: Is there a reason strict laws developed? Did this have a connection to its importance as a trade center?
Religion (Circle) Monotheistic or Polytheistic
Important People
Describe King Hammurabi:
Should I consider what this King’s legacy to Babylon is….
Type of Government:
Summary: With Partner
Prove It!! Talk with your desk partner: Show evidence of a connection between Hammurabi’s Code and today.

The Ancient World~Assyria

**Make sure to draw Assyria on your Map and Timeline
Rise:
Fall: Who takes over? When?
Advancements
#1 Military (3) ? #2: Academic?
Trade
Did conquering other empires affect trade in Assyria? ( positive & negative)
Culture
Pause and Ponder: Ninevah changed culture in Mesopotamia because it was….
Religion (Circle) Monotheistic or Polytheistic
Important People:
The Medes are:
The Chaldeans are:
Government Type:
Summary: With Partner
Did the Assyrians fundamentally change how civilizations operated in Mesopotamia? Does this have implications in today’s world?

The Ancient World
Chaldean Babylonia A.K.A. Neo Babylonia

Rise: Who do they combine with? Who do they take over? Why do the do it?
Fall: Was there a reason that their time was so short compared to other civilizations?
Advancements
#1 #2
Trade
Infer: Because Babylon was a crossroads of trade in Mesopotamia, did this cause problems for this city/region?
Culture
What’s the big deal here?!! How can gardens in Babylonia be considered and Ancient Wonder?
Going to see the Hanging Gardens would be like going to see…..
Religion (Circle) Monotheistic or Polytheistic
Important People:
King Nebuchadnezzar:
Cyrus the Great:
Summary: With your Partner
Create a multiple choice test question that forces students to know the difference between the 2 Babylonia groups. You must Prove It! (with pgs. #’s)

The Ancient World~Phoenicians

**Draw Phoenicia on your Map and Timeline
Rise:
Fall:
Advancements
#1 #2 #3 #4
Trade
Where: What 2 items did they trade?
Who with:
Culture: How did they spread their culture…. LAND or SEA
Did being connected to the seas change how their people approached culture? Prove It!
Religion (Circle) Monotheistic or Polytheistic
Because the Phoenicians connected their culture to stories of the seas, what predictions can be made about religion?
Important People
What assumptions can I make about why Phoenician rulers are not discussed in my textbook?
Summary-With a Partner
Which civilization is most influenced by wealth and power? Defend your answer. What give them their wealth?

The Ancient World~Israelites

Draw Judea on your Map.
Rise: What city was the site of their first settlements?
Fall:
Advancements
#1 #2 hint: Moral Code
How do these concepts affect the Israelites
Diaspora Exile Famine
Culture: Infer: Because the Israelites were monotheistic it changed their culture….
Which everyday cultural practice is specifically laid out in the Torah?
Religion (Circle) Monotheistic or Polytheistic
Describe: Name 3 major religious books that you can find the 10 Commandments
Important People:
Abraham
Solomon:
Summary– With Partner
If your culture experienced Exile, Diaspora, and famine, what would make you continue to follow its ideas? Why not adopt new ways?

The Ancient World~Persians

**Did you draw Persia on your Map and Timeline?
Rise:
Fall:
The fall of Persia was shocking and signals the end of …..
Advancements
#1 (hint: Gov’t) #2
Conquest & Trade
Because the empire was so large the Persians built __________. The impact of this is….
Culture
Describe:
Did the Persian invasion of Mesopotamia have an impact on culture? Prove it!
Religion (Circle) Monotheistic or Polytheistic
Describe:
When the Persians invaded other lands they handled religious differences by….
Important People:
Cyrus the Great:
Alexander the Great:
Summary: With Partner
Which civilization had the most important advancements? Prove it with evidence.

The Ancient World
Primary Sources

Moses and the Ten Commandments
A Story from the Old Testament
Moses was a prophet recognized by Jews, Christians, and Muslims. According to
the Old Testament, God told Moses ten rules of good behavior and ordered
Moses to share these with the people. These rules, known as the Ten
Commandments, form the basis of many modern religions.
After three months the children of Israel arrived at the foot of the holy mountain of Sinai, where they made camp. Moses went up the mountain to pray to God, who told him that in three days God would speak to the people.
On the morning of the third day the sky turned black, and thunder and lightning crashed and rumbled through the darkness. The mountain itself belched smoke and fire like a great furnace and the ground shook. Then the voice of God was heard like a mighty trumpet, calling Moses to him.
“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt and these are my commandments to be obeyed by all my people.
You shall worship no other God but me.
You shall not make any statue or picture to worship.
You shall not speak the name of the Lord except with reverence.
You shall keep the Sabbath, the seventh day, as a holy day of rest, for in six days I made the world, but on the seventh day I rested.
You shall show respect to your father and mother.
You shall not commit murder.
You shall not be unfaithful to your husband or wife.
You shall not steal.
You shall not speak falsely against others.
You shall not envy another person’s possessions.”
When the people heard the thunder and saw the flames and the smoke, they were terrified and would not come near. But Moses reassured them.
“Do not be afraid,” he said. “God has come to us so that we may learn his commandments and
keep ourselves free of sin.”
From The Children’s Illustrated Bible, stories retold by Selina Hastings, illustrated by Eric Thomas and AmyBurch. Copyright © 1994 by Doring Kindersley Limited, London. Text copyright © 1994 by Selina Hastings.
Think It Over
How does the Ten Commandments fit in with your own family values?
2. My life is different from Hammurabi’s Code because….

The Ancient World
Comparisons of All Mesopotamia

Identify: The most basic reasons why civilization developed in Mesopotamia.
2. Identify: What ancient region , that was the land between two rivers, did writing first develop?
3. Describe: What did the Babylonians and Israelites have in common?
(Tip) Think about codes….
4. Explain: Hammurabi’s code unfair because... (slaves, women, all men?)
5A.Explain. Why was Judaism the only religion that was different from the others?
5B. Can I make a connection to two other monotheistic religions? Prove it!

The Ancient World
Comparisons of All Mesopotamia

Complete a Talking to the Text Analysis the side of the two maps below.

The connections between these two maps is…
The impact this had on cultural diffusion was….

Mr. Help Goes to Mesopotamia
Directions: Give examples of how each theme applied to this
region of the ancient world.

Movement-Definition: The movement of people, their goods and ideas form one place to another
.Examples: How do people move: Automobile, walk, ride? What kind of goods: Groceries, clothes, office supplies, gas
How do ideas move: Internet, word of mouth, phone, TV, Radio
Region-Definition: Places that have unifying or similar characteristics such as climate, land, population, or history.
Examples: Michigan is in the great lakes region/touches great lakes. Detroit is in an industrial region/factories
Hartland is in a rural region/low population
H-E Interaction- Def: How the environment affects humans & how humans affect their environment
Examples: Humans affect environment: Cut down forests, change the land, pollutions affect on animals, change water flow
E-H Interaction
Examples: Environment affect humans: Different clothes, housing , where humans can live, floods, poor soil.
Location Definition: To describe where a place is located we can use absolute or relative location.
Examples: Absolute-Latitude and Longitude. Relative- Where a place is by explaining places near it.
Place– Definition: In any given place or location you have physical (mother nature) or human features (man made).
Examples: Physical features: Mountains, lakes, rivers, soil etc Human features: Buildings, highways, farms

The Ancient World
Mesopotamia Summery

1. Intro
A. Attention Getter
B. Thesis (Tell the Civ’s & Theme)
Transition
2. Body
A. Big Idea ( Similar)
1. Details
Transition
B. Big Idea (Different)
2. Details
Transition
3. Conclusion
A. Restate Thesis
Final Statement

Directions: Write a summary using your knowledge about Ancient
Mesopotamia. Use the Social Studies paragraph format
to compare:
1. two Mesopotamian civilization
2. one theme across the cultures
(ex. Advancements: Assyria vs. Sumer)
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