Name: __________________________
Date: ___________________________
Section: ____________________________
Seventh Grade Social Studies
LaBrache/Rice
10/22/14
Early Humans and Mesopotamia
Timeline Activity - CIVILIZATIONS
Directions:
Below you will find a chart about the Beginnings of Civilization in Mesopotamia. Fill in the
column marked Civilization/Empire with the corresponding empire that matches the event or
characteristic described. You can choose from the following list of answers:
Sumer
First Assyria
First Babylonia
New Assyria (Neo-Assyria)
New Babylonia (Neo-Babylonia)
Event/Characteristic
1.
Done
Civilization/Empire:
Assur was the center of power for this civilization
First Assyria/
New Assyria
During this empire, people were exiled from their homes
to prevent rebellion
New Assyria
2.
3.
Governors, judges, and tax collectors were used in this
civilization
First Babylonia
4.
Cuneiform developed during this civilization
Sumer
5.
Chaldeans and Medes join together to overthrow this
empire
New Assyria
6.
Earliest city-states were ruled by priests
Sumer
7.
A new organized and unified set of laws were set up
during this civilization
First Babylonia
Major cities such as Jerusalem and Tyre were captured
during this empire
New Assyria/
New Babylonia
Cyrus the Great of Persia conquers this empire
New Babylonia
8.
9.
10.
This civilization invented writing by using pictographs
Sumer
11.
The ancient city of Jerusalem is burned down during this
empire
New Babylonia
Babylon was the center of power for this civilization
First Babylonia/
New Babylonia
This early Mesopotamian civilization was in the southern
part of Mesopotamia
Sumer/
First Babylonia/
New Babylonia
This early Mesopotamian civilization was in the northern
part of Mesopotamia
First Assyria/
New Assyria
Great building projects like the Hanging Gardens, a new
Ziggurat and enormous walls were constructed during
this empire
New Babylonia
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
Sargon of Akkad conquered and united the city-states of
this civilization
Sumer
17.
Hammurabi was one of the most famous rulers of this
civilization
First Babylonia
Nebuchadnezzar ruled over this empire
New Babylonia
18.
19.
Shamshi-Adad was the ruler of this civilization at its
peak
First Assyria
Tiglath-Pilaser III ruled over this empire
New Assyria
20.
Name: __________________________
Date: ___________________________
Section: ____________________________
Seventh Grade Social Studies
Rice/LaBrache
10/22/14
Mesopotamia
Timeline Activity - DATES
Directions:
Use your notes and your textbook (Message of Ancient Days) in order to find out in what year each of
these events occur. Fill in ALL the answers in the “Year” column then check them with me. You only get
four chances to check your answers and you cannot move on to the “Order” column until all the “Years”
are correct. This activity will be measured by who can get it done in the fewest attempts.
Event
Year
Order
2334 – 2279
BCE
6
3000 BCE
3
1792 – 1750
BCE
8
1813 – 1781
BCE
7
2600 BCE
4
605 – 562
BCE
9
8500 BCE
1
Cyrus the Great comes to power in Persia
p. 174 MAD
550 BCE
12
Nebuchadnezzar puts down the Jewish rebellions and burns Jerusalem
p. 178 MAD
587 BCE
11
Hanging Gardens of Babylon are constructed
Given in class
600 BCE
10
3500 BCE
2
2500 BCE
5
Sargon of Akkad creates the first empire (range of dates)
p. 172 MAD
12 Great Sumerian city-states existed by this year
p. 152 MAD
Hammurabi of Babylon ruled during these years (range of dates)
p. 58 – 59 HA
Shamshi-Adad of Assyria ruled during these years (range of dates)
p. 172 MAD
Ziggurat at Ur is constructed
Given in class
Nebuchadnezzar ruled Babylon during these years (range of dates)
p. 174 MAD/ p. 63 HA
Groups of hunters-gatherers settled along the Tigris and Euphrates
rivers and started farming
p. 118 MAD
Sumerians in southern Mesopotamia invent the wheel and the sailboat
to help them transport goods
Meso Video Questions (AZ Smith)
Writers simplify pictographs into wedge-shaped cuneiform
p. 161 MAD
Done
Attempts:
1
2
3
4