MESOPOTAMIA_4TH GRADE

ANCIENT HISTORY

MESOPOTAMIA: the cradle of civilisation

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FIRST CIVILIZATIONS

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ANCIENT HISTORY

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ANCIENT HISTORY TIMELINE

GREECE

BEGINNING:

BEGINNING:

MESOPOTAMIA

1200 BC 1ST OLYMPICS 776 BC

4000 BC

ENDING:

ENDING:

539 BC (PERSIANS)

146 BC (ROMANS)

ROME

BEGINNING:

PREHISTORY

EGYPT

BEGINNING:

BEGINNING:

753 BC

2 millions year ago

3000 BC

ENDING:

ENDING:

ENDING:

476 AD

invention of writing 3500 BC

31 BC (ROMANS)

ANCIENT HISTORY TIMELINE

PREHISTORY

GREECE

EGYPT

ROME

MESOPOTAMIA

MESOPOTAMIA

WHERE DID IT APPEAR?

It appeared in Asia, in an area that the Greeks called Mesopotamia. It means "land between rivers"

WHAT ARE THE NAMES OF THE RIVERS?

THEY ARE THE RIVERS -TIGRIS -EUPHRATES

WHEN DID IT APPEAR?

It appeared, approximately, 6 thousand years ago (4000 BC).

WHERE DID THE PEOPLE LIVE?

They lived in large cities. The most important were Ur, Uruk and Lagash. The cities were independent and sometimes cities fought against each other. The winning city controlled the territory.

WHAT WERE THE CITIES LIKE?

The cities were surrounded by great walls. They were protected by soldiers and warriors.

WHAT COULD YOU FIND IN THE CENTRE OF THE CITY? WHAT WAS IT LIKE?

There was a ziggurat in the centre of the city. It was a huge tower withsteps (terraced tower). That ziggurat was a temple built for their gods. They were polytheistic (different gods).

WHO LIVED IN THE ZIGGURAT? WHAT DID THEY USE THE ZIGGURAT FOR?

The priest lived in the ziggurat. They used the ziggurat: 1. for religious purposes 2. to observe the stars. The supreme priest had political and religious power.

WHERE DID THEY LIVE?

Peasants lived in very simple huts made of mud or adobe (a combination of clay and straw). Rich merchants lived in houses with two floors and a patio.

WHAT JOBS DID THEY DO?

some jobs were similar to the ones in the neolithic period.

farmers

herders

potters

builders

and metal age jobs new jobs

scribes

blackmiths

traders/ merchants

warriors / soldiers

WERE THERE SCHOOLS IN MESOPOTAMIA?

Yes, there were schools but just for: -boys -the richest families They learned to read, write, and mathemathics.

WHAT IS MESOPOTAMIA FAMOUS FOR?

WHY IS MESOPOTAMIA OFTEN CALLED THE "CRADLE OF CIVILISATION"?

BIG CITIES WRITING IRRIGATION SYSTEM LAWS AND RULES WHEEL ( POTTERY, CARTS AND CHARIOTS)

1. They lived in big cities. 2. They used irrigation systems for the first time to bring water from rivers to their farms.

Rivers in Mesopotamia were unpredictable. Sometimes a big rain storm could make rivers overflow so the farmers made channels to water the fields.

3. They invented writing. 4. They created a sysmtem of laws and rules for the society. 5.They used the wheel (pottery, carts, chariots)

They invented a system to represent what they wanted to buy and sell. They did it with pictograms, pictures to represent things. They wrote the first words on clay tablets, not on paper. To do that they used sharp pointed objects and wrote on wet clay.