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What was the time period and major groups to think about when we study Mesopotamia?
https://youtu.be/9uvckgMLjTM

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Review these images to get an overview of Mesopotamia and the land that is now modern day Iraq.

https://youtu.be/-fOEZ055K6E

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What does Mesopotamia mean?
What are the major groups to consider when we think about Mesopotamia?
Draw out the region on your notes and add color to the arc of the Fertile Crescent.   Use lined paper to answer these.

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We will be listening to this story in class and reflecting on leadership

https://youtu.be/X6P3V5FLc3A

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https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_g0RbtN-zjP-S7MLW5xaObUT4z7Np-HivlTkXwGANmo/edit?usp=sharing

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Section 1 review and introducing the Sumerians.. 

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Section 1 review and introducing the Sumerians.. 

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https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1xhiXNVf0KgBgBdIMwlBlnnQoASHRfJhMfyFm5e7RRAk/edit?usp=sharing

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http://www.teachertube.com/video/cuneiform-250885

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https://youtu.be/VroX-_thMLg

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https://www.penn.museum/cgi/cuneiform.php

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https://quizlet.com/_31eun7

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https://youtu.be/ojiOLBt7q_Y

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May this stick in your head .. you're welcome!

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Young explorers: a brief history of writing

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We use it so much that it's easy to think that writing has always been around. But like most things it had to be invented. Watch this Young explorers video from the British Museum for a brief history of writing.

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Interactive. Play around and explore.

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The Standard of Ur is a wonderful example of Mesopotamian artistic achievement that reveals a wealth of information about one of the world's great ancient civilisations. This object was discovered by the archaeologist C. Leonard Woolley during excavations at ancient Ur (modern Tell al-Muqayyar), in southern Mesopotamia (south Iraq). The most spectacular discoveries at Ur were made within a cemetery of the Early Dynastic III period (c. 2600-2300 BC), that Woolley named 'The Royal Cemetery'. Here, among hundreds of more modest burials, were sixteen graves that he distinguished as 'Royal Tombs' because of their construction, abundance of grave goods and evidence of elaborate burial rituals and human sacrifice. The Standard was discovered in the corner of one of the tomb chambers of a Royal Tomb (PG 779) that had been thoroughly robbed in antiquity.
It was named at the time of its discovery by Leonard Woolley who initially proposed that it may have been carried on a pole like a battle standard, but its original function is unknown. The two rectangular panels of engraved shell figures and mosaic tesserae of lapis lazuli, red limestone, and shell were originally attached to wood that did not survive being buried in a tomb for thousands of years. These two panels which are sometimes referred to as 'War' and 'Peace' were discovered lying back-to-back and crushed, with some of the pieces displaced. The shape of the wooden mount that these panels are fixed on today is based on Woolley's suggestion that there were also two truncated triangular shaped end panels. However, the arrangement of the inlays on the end panels is speculative.
The Standard is an excellent example of Mesopotamian narrative art; the scenes illustrate a story or a sequence of events. It is almost certain that what is shown on the two main panels of the Standard are consecutive episodes of the same story - the end of a victorious battle of a king of Ur and the banquet or ritual celebrations after the battle.

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Title: The Standard of Ur

Date Created: -2500/-2500

Physical Dimensions: Height: 21.70-22.00cm; Length: 50.40cm; Width: 11.60cm (end; base); Width: 5.60cm (end; top)

External Link: British Museum collection online

Technique: inlaid

Subject: animal; fish; king/queen; charioteer/chariot

Registration number: 1928,1010.3

Place: Excavated/Findspot Royal Cemetery

Period/culture: Early Dynastic III

Material: shell; limestone; lapis lazuli; bitumen

Copyright: Photo: © Trustees of the British Museum

Acquisition: Excavated by Woolley, Charles Leonard. Division of Finds Department of Antiquities of Iraq

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The Standard of Ur is a wonderful example of Mesopotamian artistic achievement that reveals a wealth of information about one of the world's great ancient civilisations. This object was discovered by the archaeologist C. Leonard Woolley during excavations at ancient Ur (modern Tell al-Muqayyar), in southern Mesopotamia (south Iraq).

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Begin in Collect and Catalog to dig for Mesopotamian artifacts in Iraq. Then Curate a Museum Exhibition using photographs of the artifacts you found. Or you can jump ahead and Curate a Museum Exhibition using photographs of artifacts selected for you.