2.3 The Fertile Crescent

• History
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Mesopotamia: 2.3 The Fertile Crescent

Learning goals

At the end of this lesson:

- You can explain why the first cities grew

- You can explain what changed in daily life in Mesopotamia

- You are able to describe a change in a picture using definitions 

FERTILE CRESCENT

the Fertile Crescent = the place where the first civilisations started

AGRICULTURE

Agriculture = farming

IRRIGATION

Irrigation = watering the farm land

SURPLUS

surplus = more than you need

SPECIALISE

CRAFTSMEN

specialist = someone who is very good at 1 specific job or task

BARTERING

barter trade = trading without using money

MARKETS

POPULATION GROWTH

CITIES

URUK

TEMPLES

SOCIAL DIFFERENCES

social differences = difference between rich and poor people

LAWS

NEEDED

LEADERSHIP

NEEDED

WRITING SYSTEM

leadership is needed

temples

 are built

rivers used for irrigation

bartering in market places

Fertile 

Crescent

social 

differences

barter 

trade

writing system

villages grow into cities

rise of 

agriculture

rules and laws needed

specialisation and craftsmen

agricultural surplus

population growth

YOUR TASK this lesson:

1. cut out the pictures.
   
2. use the info of this lessonup to spread them on your A3 poster
   
3. happy with the results? (check with your classmates), then glue them on the poster.
   
4. connect the pictures with arrows
   
5. write the story of the change from farmers to civilisations in your owne words with the pictures.