MESOPOTAMIA THE CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION IN ASIA

MESOPOTAMIA THE CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION IN ASIA

1. Mesopotamia
cradle of civilization in west asia

2. Describe the geography of West Asia.
Analyze the relevance of geography to the
development of civilization in West Asia.
Examine the important events in West Asia from
3500 BCE to 1500 leading to the development of
the region in terms of
government,economy,tecnology,society,education,
arts,and culture.
Determine the factors to the succes and
breakdown of West Asia nations from 3500 BCE to
1500.
Learning Outcomes
sumerian: people
from mesopotamia

3. map of
mesopotamia
The first civilization in West Asia, which could also be the first in the
world ,emerged in Mesopotamia around 3500 BCE.
Did you Know?

4. The souther part of the Fertile
Crescent or the crescent-shape fertile
soil in between the Persian Gulf and
Mediterraen Sea.
Their close proximity to big water
systems such as the Red Sea,Persian
Gulf, and Mediterranean Sea allowed
them to interact with major civilizations
such as India, Phoenicia, Egypt, Greece,
and Rome where they sold their goods
and acquired goods that they do not
have.
geography of west asia

5. The Farmers from the mountainous part of
present-day Iran that migrated to the eastern
part of Mesopotamai around 3500 BCE are
the founders of Sumer. Sumer is comprised of
various independent city-states that had their
own government.
CIVILIZATIONS IN
MESOPOTAMIA

6. Sumer had a hereditary,monarchial form of
government .The city-states were headed by a
king called lugal which literally means ‘big
man’who appoints officials to work with him
in the government.
government society

7. Polytheism or worship of many gods is the
religion in Sumer.Their gods represent
different elements of nature such as the sun
god Anu,earth god Ki, air god Enlil,and water
god Enki.
religion

8. Because competition for positions in
government,religion,and military was
tough,nobles who wanted their sons too
become qualified for these jobs hired experts
or scholars to train them personally.This
system of learning has become the
founndation of an organized system of
education wherein from tutoring only one
student if eventually developed into teaching
many students all at the same time.
education
mesopotamian education

9. The way of living in Sumer was advanced copared
to some of its contemporary societies because of
the systems,tools,and tecnology. Clay is easily
available in Mesopotamia because of the
rivers.Structures are easier to build using
bricks,and they are as sturdy as the ones built on
stones.Most structures in Sumer were bult out of
bricks such as houses,palaces,and temples called
ziggurat.Clay was also used as tablets where
pictographs of the cuneiform,the writing system of
Sumer,were engraved on.
TECHNOLOGY
Ziggurat that is
made fof bricks

10. Cuneiform is the writing system of
Sumer.The word’’cuneiform” comes
from the word cuneus meaning “wedge
shaped”which was used to engrave
pictographs on clay tablets There are
1400 symbols used in cuneiform.
sumerian
cuneiform
writing system

11. presented by:
jet aeydahn labrador
reyes
grade 7