Tue., 8/13

Do Now—Exercise 4A:

Akkadian – Akkadian was a Semitic language spoken in Mesopotamia.

Dumuzi – Dumuzi was the fifth Sumerian king and a god. According to Sumerian legends, he was a shepherd who wooed and married the goddess Inanna.

Enlil and Ea – In the Sumerian flood story, Enlil is the king of the gods who orders the destruction of mankind and Ea is a god who warns Utnapishtim so that he can escape.

Exercise 4B:

Silently read p. 20, ¶ 3 – 21, ¶ 5. Working quiely and (optionally) with your tablemate, answer the following questions with one or two complete sentences each:

1)With Atab (who, according to the Sumerian king list, was the tenth king of Kish after the flood), what was introduced into kingship succession? [Model Answer: With Atab, a bloodline was introduced into kingship succession. With his son, Mashda, and grandson, Arwium, Atab began the first dynastic succession in recorded history.]

2)How did the kings of Kish gain economic power? [Model Answer: The kings of Kish collected a duty from the traded goods moving through their city.]

Exercise 4C:

Read p. 17 – p. 20, ¶ 2. Write down dictionary definitions for “aristocracy” and at least two other words, and the meaning of “streaming-in” from p. 18.

Exercise 4D:

Summarize Ch. 3 in five complete sentences. You may focus on one or more of the following:

Enmebaraggesi / 2700 BC

Atab / hereditary rule / “The First Dynasty of Kish”

Etana “makes firm the land for his son”

If you’re having trouble, use this template:

Sentence 1: Topic sentence

Sentence 2: supporting evidence/example #1

Sentence 3: supporting evidence/example #2

Sentence 4: supporting evidence/example #3

Sentence 5: Supporting evidence/summary

HW:

20 min.: Finish reading Ch. 3 and work on Exercises 4A – 4D in your Field Notes No. 4