logging in or signing up WH 6 Mesopotamia Vital Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINTLite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 1213 Category: Education License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: February 13, 2008 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 2 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Mesopotamia: the Land Between Two Rivers: Mesopotamia: the Land Between Two Rivers By: Sarah Wheeler, Emily Vyhnanek, Dominique Wimmer, Jen Sorensen, Zach Plank, and EliseGeography: Geography Lies between the Tigris River and the Euphrates River Modern day Iraq East of the Arabian Desert South of Caucasus Mountains Lots of flooding!Religion/ Mythology: Religion/ Mythology Ziggurats The Epic of Gilgamesh Polytheism Theocracy and the role of religion in societyPolitical Social Structure: Political Social Structure Mesopotamia had city states Ziggurats were used in the social structure Kings as demigods ZigguratWorld Impact: World Impact Sumerians lived in Mesopotamia from 3000-2000 BCE Cuniform one of the first ways of writing The Code of Hammurabi is the first collection of laws BullSlide7: Bull’s Head Bowl Examples of CuneiformBibliography: Bibliography McIntosh, J.(2003). Civilizations: Ten Thousand Years of Ancient History. New York, NY: BBC Worldwide. Roberts, T. R.(1997). Ancient Civilizations: Great Empires at Their Heights. New York, NY: Micheal Friedman Publishing Group Inc. Grolier.(2000). Ancient Civilizations: Vol. 6. Danbury, CT: The Brown Reference Group. Pg. 41-45. Grolier.(2000). Ancient Civilizations: Vol. 10. Danbury, CT: The Brown Reference Group. Andrea A. and Overfield J.(2001). The Human Record: Vol. 1. Houghton Mifflin Co. Nemet-Nejat K. R.(1998). Daily Life In Ancient Mesopotamia. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. Questions, Anyone?: Questions, Anyone? So You Think You Know Ancient Mesopotamia?: So You Think You Know Ancient Mesopotamia? The game everyone raves about! Name THIS Cuneiform excerpt!: Name THIS Cuneiform excerpt!Name This Building!: Name This Building!Name the two modern day civilizations that are located where ancient Mesopotamia was!: Name the two modern day civilizations that are located where ancient Mesopotamia was!Name a Mesopotamian city state!: Name a Mesopotamian city state!What ethnic group lived in ancient Mesopotamia from 3000 to 2000 BCE?: What ethnic group lived in ancient Mesopotamia from 3000 to 2000 BCE? BONUS POINT!: BONUS POINT! What is the name of Gilgamesh’s close friend throughout The Epic of Gilgamesh??? You do not have the permission to view this presentation. In order to view it, please contact the author of the presentation.
WH 6 Mesopotamia Vital Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINTLite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 1213 Category: Education License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: February 13, 2008 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 2 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Mesopotamia: the Land Between Two Rivers: Mesopotamia: the Land Between Two Rivers By: Sarah Wheeler, Emily Vyhnanek, Dominique Wimmer, Jen Sorensen, Zach Plank, and EliseGeography: Geography Lies between the Tigris River and the Euphrates River Modern day Iraq East of the Arabian Desert South of Caucasus Mountains Lots of flooding!Religion/ Mythology: Religion/ Mythology Ziggurats The Epic of Gilgamesh Polytheism Theocracy and the role of religion in societyPolitical Social Structure: Political Social Structure Mesopotamia had city states Ziggurats were used in the social structure Kings as demigods ZigguratWorld Impact: World Impact Sumerians lived in Mesopotamia from 3000-2000 BCE Cuniform one of the first ways of writing The Code of Hammurabi is the first collection of laws BullSlide7: Bull’s Head Bowl Examples of CuneiformBibliography: Bibliography McIntosh, J.(2003). Civilizations: Ten Thousand Years of Ancient History. New York, NY: BBC Worldwide. Roberts, T. R.(1997). Ancient Civilizations: Great Empires at Their Heights. New York, NY: Micheal Friedman Publishing Group Inc. Grolier.(2000). Ancient Civilizations: Vol. 6. Danbury, CT: The Brown Reference Group. Pg. 41-45. Grolier.(2000). Ancient Civilizations: Vol. 10. Danbury, CT: The Brown Reference Group. Andrea A. and Overfield J.(2001). The Human Record: Vol. 1. Houghton Mifflin Co. Nemet-Nejat K. R.(1998). Daily Life In Ancient Mesopotamia. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. Questions, Anyone?: Questions, Anyone? So You Think You Know Ancient Mesopotamia?: So You Think You Know Ancient Mesopotamia? The game everyone raves about! Name THIS Cuneiform excerpt!: Name THIS Cuneiform excerpt!Name This Building!: Name This Building!Name the two modern day civilizations that are located where ancient Mesopotamia was!: Name the two modern day civilizations that are located where ancient Mesopotamia was!Name a Mesopotamian city state!: Name a Mesopotamian city state!What ethnic group lived in ancient Mesopotamia from 3000 to 2000 BCE?: What ethnic group lived in ancient Mesopotamia from 3000 to 2000 BCE? BONUS POINT!: BONUS POINT! What is the name of Gilgamesh’s close friend throughout The Epic of Gilgamesh???