Draw the continent below

The Fertile Crescent:

Its Beginnings

Draw a picture that reminds you of the Fertile Crescent above The oldest human bones were found in _______________
and they are about _______________ years old.

Earliest humans lived in the ____________ Age and they The two important changes of later Stone Age humans were
survived by being ______________ - ______________. _______________ and _______________.
The first agricultural society grew and the people settled in Eventually, due to the success of agriculture and domestication,
the _______________ _______________ also called, there was a _______________ of food.
_________________________________.

Draw a map of Mesopotamia and label Sumer.

Next, everyone started doing what they did best. This is Self-governing areas, called __________ - ___________
known as _______________ of ____________. first developed in Sumer.
 Show an example of how cuneiform developed.
(See chart on page 70)

The Sumerians get credit for developing the first written Religiously, the people of Mesopotamia were _____________.
language, known as _______________. They worshipped in buildings known as _______________.

King _______________ of Babylon ruled for _____ years.

Sumer, the birthplace of (inventions) _______________ and He is famous for his (#) _______ laws, known as the
_______________, was conquered by _______________. ____________ of ____________.
 Label the Assyrian Empire on the map. Illustrate one or two military strengths.

Assyria was known for having the strongest ____________.

Their strengths were:
a)___________________________________________
b)___________________________________________
Babylon was conquered by _______________. c)___________________________________________

Before After Before After

Use the timeline on page 74 to choose a Mesopotamian

invention. Show what life was like before and after the Use the Fact File on page 75 and choose another invention to
invention. show what life was like before and after it existed.
 Draw your idea of the beast that became friends with
the king.

The most famous piece of literature from this era is the story One of the most interesting people from this unit was
of King _______________ and the creature _______________ because _______________________
_______________. ____________________________________________.