Contents INTRODUCTION 1. Eras of Mesopotamia 2. Society and Economy 3. Culture 4. History Kingdoms Native federations or kingdoms beyond the city-state — selectSumerAkkadBabyloniaMitanniAssyria— PeoplesKassitesAmorites Kings — select Eannatum Lugalzagesi SargonAssyrian kings (list) Adad-nirari 1 Shalmaneser 1 Tukulti-Ninurta 1 Tiglath-Pileser 1 Ashurnasirpal 2 Shalmaneser 3 Tiglath-Pileser 3 Shalmaneser 5 Sargon 2 Sennacherib Esarhaddon AshurbanipalBabylonian kings (list) Hammurabi…

a funny poem about how writing was invented thousands of years ago in ancient Sumer (Mesopotamia / Iraq)

In ancient Mesopotamia, the farmer toiled long and hard to earn his property. As time passed, however, the Mesopotamians discovered they could borrow from each other and the idea of debt and the moneylender was born. A large number of Mesopotamians went into serious debt and could not recover. What were the results? Read Hammurabi's Code of Laws and use ratios to see how he solved it.

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Ancient History Review Game #1--Hunter Gatherers, Mesopotamia, Ancient Israel, Ancient Egypt, and Ancient India--Starting a new year and want to refresh your students’ memories about what they previously learned in history? Want to review for the end of the year test? Want to fill those last few days of class, with an exciting competition? This is the product for you!

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We have a day off school today, for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, so my class and I will not paint this week (unless I find some time to fit it in.) There was a time when I would celebrate that painting class had to be cancelled. The arts, you see, are definitely one of […]

We have a day off school today, for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, so my class and I will not paint this week (unless I find some time to fit it in.) There was a time when I would celebrate that painting class had to be cancelled. The arts, you see, are definitely one of […]

Gilgamesh - When we think about short stories with moral lessons we usually think about Aesop’s fables which were developed around 600 BCE. However, around 800 BCE Homer was authoring Iliad and the odyssey. Still further back in time we have the oldest recorded stories of any language with Gilgamesh from the Samarian people of modern day Iraq. The Gilgamesh epic is believed to possibly have roots as far back as 3,000 BCE.

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Hacker and writer Joshua Klein is fascinated by crows. (Notice the gleam of intelligence in their little black eyes?) After a long amateur study of corvid behavior, he's come up with an elegant thought experiment: a machine that could form a new bond between animal and human.

How to draw the greater Mesopotamia region.

Just a few more photos of our 5th grade Ancient Civilizations work: This painting is of Gilgamesh entering the dark crevice in the mountain comes from Live Ed. My painting is on the left, my 5th …