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irrigation
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supplying land
with water
from another
place through
canals (man
made rivers)
How will we
use it?
The first
farmers used
irrigation to
get water to
their crops.
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agriculture
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farming
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Homo Sapiens moved
from hunting and
gathering to
agriculture. This led
to the formation of
villages and then
cities.
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surplus
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more
than is
needed
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it?
In Mesopotamia,
farming was so
good they often
had a surplus.
This means they
had extra food to
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civilization
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a city that has a
stable food supply,
social structure,
government,
religion, the arts,
technology, and
writing
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Mesopotamia
is known as
the first
civilization.
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scribes
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someone
who
writes for
a living
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Scribes kept
records that
told the story
of
Mesopotamia.
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The scribe got in trouble
because instead of writing
about the number of chickens
the farmer had, he wrote
about ______.
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social
class
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a group of people
with similar
backgrounds,
that make the
same amount of
money, and live
the same way
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In civilizations,
the population
can be split
into different
social classes.
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When I think of the
upper class, I think of
______________.
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artisan
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a worker who
is especially
skilled at
creating items
by hand
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Artisans made
items such as
baskets,
leather goods,
tools, pottery
or cloth.
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would make
_____________.
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city-state
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a city that is
also a
separate,
independent
state
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Ancient
Sumer was
made up of
multiple citystates.
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empire
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many
territories
and peoples
controlled by
one
government
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use it?
Babylonia was
one of the
world’s first
empires.
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empire because it
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polytheism
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belief in
many
gods
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it?
The people of
Sumer, Egypt,
Greece, and
Rome practiced
polytheism.
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code
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organized
list of
laws and
rules
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it?
A written code
helps people know
what is expected of
them and what
punishment they
will receive if they
disobey a law.
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caravans
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a group of
traders
traveling
together
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it?
Caravans stopped
in Babylon on
their way to and
from the cities of
Sumer and
Assyria.
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bazaar
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a market
selling
different
kinds of
goods
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it?
In Babylon’s
bazaars, shoppers
could buy cotton
cloth from India
and spices from
Egypt.
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I saw _____ and ____
being sold at the
bazaar.
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battering
ram
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a powerful
weapon with a
wooden beam
mounted on
wheels
How will we
use it?
The Assyrians
invented the
battering ram to
pound city walls
to rubble.
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famine
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a time when
there is not
enough food
and people
starve
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use it?
The Israelites
had to flee to
Egypt because
of a famine.
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because ____.
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merchant
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a person
who
trades
items
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use it?
The
Phoenicians
were amazing
merchants.
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I would...
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colony
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an area of land
that is under
the control of
another
country
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it?
The Phoenicians
created colonies all
through the
Mediterranean to
make it easier for
them to trade.
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I have my own colony.
The best part about it
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alphabet
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a set of
letters or
symbols used
to represent
sounds
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it?
The
Phoenicians
created the
first
alphabet.
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Civilization
becomes better with
an alphabet
because...
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monotheism
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a belief in
one god
How will we use
it?
The Israelites
were
monotheistic.
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finish this sentence:
The difference
between polytheism
and monotheism is
_____.
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exile
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to be forced
from your
own country
or home
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it?
The
Israelites
were exiled
from Israel.
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Yesterday, I was
exiled from my
home because....