TB --> pp. 30-37.    Slides.

To be able to identify the five key traits of a civilization and explain how that would apply to any civilization studied this year. To discuss ways in which Sumer's civilization was shaped by solving its three major geographic problems. To explain the effect of the emergence of a priestly class in Sumerian society. To be able to trace the steps in the development of writing by the Sumerians. To be able to justify the theory that history begins at Sumer.

Mesopotamia	civilization	city-state	scribe	artisan
surplus	cuneiform	stylus	pictograph	ideogram
barter	ziggurat	polytheism	monotheism	anthropomorphic
Epic of  Gilgamesh	myth	proverb

Be able to find and identify the following on a map of   the Fertile Crescent region of the Middle East:
Mediterranean Sea Black Sea Caspian Sea Mesopotamia Tigris River Euphrates River Sumer Ur Lagash	Uruk Kish Nippur Babylon Zagros Mountains Arabian Desert Persian Gulf Asia Minor

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