Lesson 11 Part 2

The First Civilization Part 2

11/12/2020

Poll

Would you rather....

Get 1,000 dollars every month for the rest of your life or 100,000 dollars right now

• 1,000 dollars a month

• 100,000 dollars right now

Sumer

New Topic

What was Sumer?

• A collection of city states in Mesopotamia

• City State: A community that included a city and was self governed (had a king)

7 Characteristic of Civilization

• Writing

• Stable food supply

• Social Structure

• Government

• Religion

• The art

• Technology

Was Ancient Sumer a Civilization??

• Open up or take out todays activity

• Mr. Rivera will assign everyone groups

• Travel around to each station with your group and answer each question on the activity sheet

• Online students Open up the PDF and use it to answer the questions with your group

• If you finish early read the article about Ancient Sumer posted in todays assignment

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The City States of Sumer

• Most known cities are Kish, Nippur, and Ur

• City States mostly at "mouth" of the Tigris and Euphrates river

• Abraham from Genesis was from Ur

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Open Ended

Why do you think many of the city states were located near the mouths of the Tigris and Euphrates river? Answer with a complete sentence.