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the topics listed below.

Map Skills

Five Themes of Geography

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Students will be able to…Locate and label various places on a map.City of UR Taurus Mountains City of Uruk Zagros MountainsCity of Babylon Persian GulfTigris River Syrian DesertEuphrates River Arabian Desert

Mesopotamia

Students will be able to…List the natural barriers that

surrounds Mesopotamia.Locate various places on a

map of the Middle East. Define the term

Mesopotamia.

Materials needed for today’s lesson.

Unlabeled Map

RULES FOR TODAY’S LESSON

Follow DirectionsRaise Your Hand Before

Speaking Or Leaving Your Seat

Respect Your Classmates and Your Teacher

Keep Hands, Feet, And Objects to Yourself

What are natural barriers?

List the natural barriers around Mesopotamia.

Natural barriers around Mesopotamia

• Zagros Mountains Red SeaTaurus MountainsPersian GulfArabian DesertSyrian DesertTigris RiverEuphrates RiverMediterranean Sea

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Where did the earliest civilization develop?

Answer… to the warm-up

Mesopotamia

Geography of the Fertile Crescent

Why is Mesopotamia called The Fertile Crescent???

Geography of the Fertile Crescent

Why is Mesopotamia called The Fertile Crescent???

Fertile CrescentLarge area of fertile land that stretched

from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf.

MesopotamiaLand between two rivers.

Mesopotamia’s location Lay between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

How did Mesopotamia’s location shaped its

development.Because it was near the rivers, Mesopotamia’s land was fertile and people established farming communities.

Tigris RiverA river that flowed along the

northeast boundary of Mesopotamia.

Why was the Tigris and Euphrates rivers important?

It provided water for irrigation

It provided water for fishIt provided water for food

Euphrates RiverA river that flowed along the

southwest boundary of Mesopotamia.

Ancient Mesopotamia…Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

flow into the Persian Gulf.

Could the Persian Gulf flow into the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers???

Mesopotamia was mostly in the same area as modern day Iraq.

Two Empires of Mesopotamia