Gods and Goddesses Information about Sumerian Gods and Goddesses is found on the Sumerian King List as well as Sumerian clay tablets and cylinder seals. The Sumerian King…

1.Mesopotamia 2. Sumerians Sumer, Kish, Eridu, Uruk, Ur (Near the Persian Gulf) 3500BCE Writing- Pictographs Cuneiform, stylus ziggurats  temples Invented- plow, arches,…

Slide 1 The Ancient Near East The Birth of Civilization and the Origins of Life in the Ancient Near East Slide 2 I. The Birth of Civilization in Western Asia Cities vs. Villages…

Slide 1 The Epic of Gilgamesh Slide 2 Unlike most epics, the hero Gilgamesh actually existed.Gilgamesh Who was Gilgamesh? Slide 3 Most of the epic is set in and around the…

Slide 1 Sumer Brandon Mark, Chris Charran, Keara Pagniello, Sarah Ahmed and Sybil Tong Slide 2 Slide 3 The term "Sumerian" is the common name given to the ancient…

Slide 1 Babylonia and Assyria Empires of Mesopotamia Slide 2 In the Beginning Sargon the 1 st was the ruler of Akkad. He set out and conquered the Sumerian city- states.…

Slide 1 Directions: Go through this slide show and use the information to fill in the boxes on your Chart. Use each link. Some will be helpful to your chart and some will…

Slide 1 ~~~ OVERVIEW OF BELIEF SYSTEMS ~~~ AP WORLD HISTORY Slide 2 Polytheism POLYTHEISM Slide 3 Belief in, or worship of, multiple deities or gods. Gods are conceived as…

Slide 1 Chapter 2 Ancient Middle East and Egypt 3200 B.C.- 500 B.C. Slide 2 Fertile Crescent From Persian Gulf to the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea Mesopotamia=…

Slide 1  During the New Stone Age, permanent settlements appeared in river valleys and around the Fertile Crescent.  WHY? Slide 2 Slide 3 Slide 4 Slide 5  Land between…