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Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia. Mr. Pagliaro Seymour High School. 1. Mesopotamia: "Land Between the Two Rivers". The Ancient Fertile Crescent. The Middle East: “The Cradle of Civilization”. Sumerians. Sumerian Religion - Polytheistic. Enki. Innana. Anthropomorphic Gods. Mesopotamian Trade.

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Mesopotamia

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  1. Mesopotamia Mr. Pagliaro Seymour High School

  2. 1. Mesopotamia: "Land Between the Two Rivers"

  3. The Ancient Fertile Crescent The Middle East: “The Cradle of Civilization”

  4. Sumerians

  5. Sumerian Religion - Polytheistic Enki Innana Anthropomorphic Gods

  6. Mesopotamian Trade “The Cuneiform World”

  7. Cuneiform: “Wedge-Shaped” Writing

  8. Cuneiform Writing

  9. SumerianScribes “Tablet House”

  10. Sumerian Cylinder Seals

  11. Gilgamesh

  12. Gilgamesh Epic Tablet:Flood Story

  13. Ziggurat at Ur • Temple • “Mountain of the Gods”

  14. The Royal Standard of Ur

  15. Mesopotamian Harp

  16. Board Game From Ur

  17. Sophisticated Metallurgy Skillsat Ur Bronze Age

  18. Sumerian Inventions • Water clock • 12 month calendar based on lunar cycles • 1st writing system • The wheel • The plow • The sailboat

  19. Sargon of Akkad:The World’s First Empire [Akkadians]

  20. The Babylonian Empires

  21. Hammurabi’s [r. 1792-1750 B. C.] Code

  22. Babylonian Math Base 60 math

  23. Babylonian Numbers

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