LIST Unit 2: Ancient Mesopotamia World History (to 1300) GEOGRAPHY AND WRITING THE LAW AND SOCIETY Mesopotamia Babylon Tigris and Euphrates Rivers Mesopotamian System Fertile Crescent Theocracy Irrigation Purpose of Laws Hammurabi’s Code [] City-State Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Ur & Uruk (as city-states) Constitution Pictogram Legal Terms: Phonics Cuneiform Rule of Law, Divine Right, Human Rights, Stylus Justice, Trial, Evidence, Witness, Perjury, Scribe Burden of Proof, Reputation, Property Rights, Rigor [as applied to education] Liability, Economic Regulation, Discrimination for an Eye” “Eye did scribes work? Standard” “Double What kinds of things did they write? RELIGION AND LITERATURE Modern vs. Mesopotamian God Concepts The Enuma elish [] Benevolence vs. Malevolence Monotheism vs. Polytheism Anthropomorphic Propitiation Prominence of Priests in Mesopotamian Society Marduk Ziggurat Fertile Crescent Narratives [] The Epic of Gilgamesh [] Themes (Immortality, Death) Characters (Gilgamesh, Enkidu, Ishtar, Utnapishtim) PowerPoints, Class Notes, and Review Videos are available on my website!
LIST Unit 2: Ancient Mesopotamia World History (to 1300) GEOGRAPHY AND WRITING THE LAW AND SOCIETY Mesopotamia Tigris and Euphrates Rivers Fertile Crescent Irrigation City-State Ur & Uruk (as city-states) Pictogram Phonics Cuneiform Stylus Scribe Rigor [as applied to education] did scribes work? What kinds of things did they write? RELIGION AND LITERATURE Modern vs. Mesopotamian God Concepts The Enuma elish [] Benevolence vs. Malevolence Monotheism vs. Polytheism Anthropomorphic Propitiation Prominence of Priests in Mesopotamian Society Marduk Ziggurat Fertile Crescent Narratives [] The Epic of Gilgamesh [] Themes (Immortality, Death) Characters (Gilgamesh, Enkidu, Ishtar, Utnapishtim) Babylon Mesopotamian System Theocracy Purpose of Laws Hammurabi’s Code [] Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution Legal Terms: Rule of Law, Divine Right, Human Rights, Justice, Trial, Evidence, Witness, Perjury, Burden of Proof, Reputation, Property Rights, Liability, Economic Regulation, Discrimination “Eye for an Eye” “Double Standard” PowerPoints, Class Notes, and Review Videos are available on my website!