Tigris-Euphrates River Valley Webquest
1. What two rivers bordered Mesopotamia?
2. How did the development of agriculture allow people to support themselves?
3. What developed from the surplus of food brought about by irrigation systems?
4. Why did people develop writing and what was the earliest form of writing?
5. Why did people develop pottery?
6. Why did early people create multiple burial chambers?
#7 A-F Mesopotamia is the birthplace of human recorded history. Around 3000 BC, the Sumerians settled in Mesopotamia. The Sumerians were only 1 of the many groups of people to settle in Ancient Mesopotamia. Answer the questions on your worksheet from the reading found on the following link: http://mesopotamia.mrdonn.org/sumer.html Additional hints and help are below:
2. How did the development of agriculture allow people to support themselves?
3. What developed from the surplus of food brought about by irrigation systems?
4. Why did people develop writing and what was the earliest form of writing?
5. Why did people develop pottery?
6. Why did early people create multiple burial chambers?
#7 A-F Mesopotamia is the birthplace of human recorded history. Around 3000 BC, the Sumerians settled in Mesopotamia. The Sumerians were only 1 of the many groups of people to settle in Ancient Mesopotamia. Answer the questions on your worksheet from the reading found on the following link: http://mesopotamia.mrdonn.org/sumer.html Additional hints and help are below:
C- Click on the "inventions" link.
D- Sumerians had different city-states. Each had a priest-king. What government is where a KING rules?
E- The Babylonians copied Sumerian types of laws, even though the Sumerians never wrote it down.
F- The largest city in Sumer was UR. The city may have had a population of 24,000.
G-H. The Sumerians invented their own unique form of writing. Go here to answer the questions. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/sumerian.htm
I. Go here to translate your name. http://www.paleoaliens.com/event/babylonian/index.html
#8A-C After the Sumerians disappeared the city of Babylon rose to power. Babylon reached its greatest glory about 1800 BC under King Hammurabi. What was King Hammurabi famous for? http://www.phillipmartin.info/hammurabi/homepage.htm
Hammurabi’s Problems: Go to the following site and help Hammurabi solve his problems: http://phillipmartin.info/hammurabi/hammurabi_situation_index.htm . Record first what YOUR punishment would be in the USA, then record what Hammurabi’s punishment was.
#9 A-D The strongest Hittite rival in the area was the Assyrians. The Assyrian Empire emerged in Mesopotamia around 1170 BC and would last until 612 BC. Answer the questions on your worksheet from the reading found on the following link: http://mesopotamia.mrdonn.org/assyria.html
G-H. The Sumerians invented their own unique form of writing. Go here to answer the questions. http://www.omniglot.com/writing/sumerian.htm
I. Go here to translate your name. http://www.paleoaliens.com/event/babylonian/index.html
#8A-C After the Sumerians disappeared the city of Babylon rose to power. Babylon reached its greatest glory about 1800 BC under King Hammurabi. What was King Hammurabi famous for? http://www.phillipmartin.info/hammurabi/homepage.htm
Hammurabi’s Problems: Go to the following site and help Hammurabi solve his problems: http://phillipmartin.info/hammurabi/hammurabi_situation_index.htm . Record first what YOUR punishment would be in the USA, then record what Hammurabi’s punishment was.
#9 A-D The strongest Hittite rival in the area was the Assyrians. The Assyrian Empire emerged in Mesopotamia around 1170 BC and would last until 612 BC. Answer the questions on your worksheet from the reading found on the following link: http://mesopotamia.mrdonn.org/assyria.html
#9 E-F- The library of Ninevah was created around 600 BCE. Click on the "library of Ninevah" http://mesopotamia.mrdonn.org/library.html
#10 The ancient people of Mesopotamia built beautiful palaces. Human-headed lions and bulls decorated the gateways and supported the arches. Go here to search for the picture of ahuman-headed lion. … How many legs does it have? When was it created? In what museum can this ancient sculpture be found?
#11 The Chaldean Empire emerged in Mesopotamia around 612 BC when the city of Babylonburned the Assyrian capital of Nineveh to the ground. The most famous of the Babylonian kings, Nebuchadnezzar II (605-562 BC), was the equal of all the great Mesopotamian conquerors. Answer the question on your worksheet from the reading found on the following linkhttp://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/Exile.html
#12 Which one of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World was built in Mesopotamia? In what Mesopotamian city was it built? Who built this wonder? Why was this wonder built? Click on the Link to find out. http://unmuseum.mus.pa.us/hangg.htm
#13 According to the Old Testament, what architectural structure was built in an attempt to reach the heavens? What happened to the people? What king was responsible for building the structure to reach 295 feet high?
The Persian Empire, which we'll study at a later date, would be the next great empire to emerge in Mesopotamia. The Persians built an empire that would surpass all earlier empires in both strength and size.
