Mesopotamia VBQ
Watch the video clip(s) below, listen actively, and answer the questions that follow. Probably the best way to do this is to read first question, start watching, pause once you encounter the information you need to respond to the question, then read next question before pressing play again.
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Crash Course: Mesopotamia
Keep in mind that you can turn on captions and adjust the speed of playback. If you want a text transcript of the video to read along, click here: https://nerdfighteria.info/video/crashcourse/sohXPx_XZ6Y
[0:30-1:00] What does "Mesopotamia" literally mean? *
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So, just so you know, Mesopotamia is just the name for the geographic region. For some reason, John never mentions the name of the early civilization he's talking about for the whole beginning of the video. This earliest Mesopotamian civilization, with all these cities, is called SUMER. It rhymes with humor. The people are called SUMERIANS. Got it? *
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Also, can you just do me a favor and find the city of Uruk? *
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Hey, actually, take one more look at that map. What is the name for the area colored green, including Mesopotamia and the Levant? Why do you think it is given that name?
[1:00-2:00] John Green describes the economic system common in early Mesopotamian cities as "a form of socialism". Based on his description, how did specialized workers (who didn't farm) get food to eat? *
VOCAB: uniform = equal, the same // proto- = early version of, almost but not yet  // socialism = economic theory that the the economy should be owned by the community as a whole
[1:30-2:00] "One of the legacies of Mesopotamia is the enduring conflict between..." *
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[2:00-2:15] One of the oldest known works of literature is *
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[2:15-2:30] Mesopotamian temples were known as *
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[2:15-2:45 and 3:15-3:30] Initially, who had all the power in Mesopotamian Civilization and why? *
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Religion in Mesopotamia was *
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[2:30-3:00] The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers were different from the Indus River in that they were *
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[2:30-3:00] According to John Green, "A lot of ____________ ______________ was needed to make the Tigris and Euphrates [Rivers] useful for irrigation." Fill in the blank... *
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[3:15-4:00] How did power shift from priests to kings? Where did these kings come from, and how did they take on a quasi-religious role? *
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[4:00-4:30] The Sumerians were the first to invent writing. When CUNEIFORM writing was first invented, it was mainly used for *
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[5:00-6:00] After around 2000 BCE, Mesopotamia shifted from independent city-states to developing territorial kingdoms. This started when they were invaded and conquered by pastoral nomads (something that happened a few times in Mesopotamian history), and after conquering, those pastoral nomads... *
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[5:45-6:15] John says that "...that early proto-socialism was replaced by something that looked a lot like private enterprise..." by which he means farming and business and trade were done by "private" individuals without all being controlled and directed by the government. So, instead of the government taking everything that is produced and then distributing it to the people, in this new system, "people could produce as much as they would like as long as they..." *
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[6:15-7:30] So, there were a few kingdoms in between (most notably the Akkadians), but during the second millennium BCE, desert nomads called the Amorites conquered Mesopotamia, founding the capital city of BABYLON, after which point they were called the BABYLONIANS. Their most famous ruler, known for his Law Code, was... *
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[7:45-8:15] Why might people living under one ruler actually look forward to being conquered by someone else? *
[8:15-8:30] Why are empires hard to unify? *
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[8:15-8:45] So after the Babylonian kingdom, there were a few other kingdoms (including an older version of the Assyrians), and then this weird event happened called the Bronze Age Collapse, which we will talk about later on. But following that event came the rise of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, which was pretty huge! What regions fell under the control of the Neo-Assyrian Empire? (911 - 612 BCE) *
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[8:45-9:15] What made the Assyrian army so brutal and so successful? *
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[9:15-9:45] The Assyrians believed that, if they ever stopped conquering, *
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Rise and Fall of the ASSYRIANS
Watch this shorter video on the ASSYRIANS (definitely going to come up on some challenging AP questions on tests!) and jot down some notes below as instructed. Read ALL the questions FIRST before watching.
What are 3 things you learned about the Assyrians you didn't know already? *
What are 2 things the video mentioned about the Assyrians that you already learned (or were similar to things you learned) in the Crash Course video? *
What is 1 question you have after watching the video? *
How long did this homework take (not counting breaks)? *
Are you following me on instagram yet?... @globalkhan *
WOW YOU MADE IT! GREAT JOB! As a reward, enjoy this wonderfully weird song, that is literally called "The Mesopotamians". Although, I must warn you, it is very catchy... You might never forget it...
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