Slide 12334 – 2279 BCE Sargon of Akkad creates the first empire (range of dates) Slide 2 3000 BCE 12 Great Sumerian city-states existed by this year Slide 3 1792 – 1750…

Slide 1 Southwest Asia & North Africa Slide 2 Mesopotamia “The Fertile Crescent” 3000 BCE Sumerians built first known cities in S. Mesopotamia. Dependent on irrigation…

Slide 1 Basic elements of civilization Political (territory-based) institutions Organized religion Urban/administrative centers Hierarchical system of classes Taxation (far…

History Southwest Asia & North Africa 1 Mesopotamia âThe Fertile Crescentâ 3000 BCE Sumerians built first known cities in S. Mesopotamia. Dependent on irrigation from…

Western Asia & Egypt Chapter 2 Western Asia & Egypt What was the geography around the area of Mesopotamia? How did the geography impact the Mesopotamian civilizations?…