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MYP Gr. 6 INS River Valley Civilizations: Ancient Mesopotamia

Reference

Gale: Ancient Mesopotamia

Britannica Online - ancient mesopotamia and Tigris-Euphrates-river-system

BrainPop - Sumer civilization in Mesopotamia

New World Encyclopedia - Euphrates River

Ancient History Encyclopedia - Mesopotamia

Gale: Gardens

Gale: Overview for Prehistory and Ancient Times

Website

History.com - Mesopotamia

History.com - Fertile Crescent AND video on Hammurabi

Wonderopolis - Fertile Crescent

Flocabulary - Fertile Crescent Song

Ancient History Lists - Contributions of Hammurabi

Modern Connections

World Atlas - Where is the Tigris River

Asharq Al-Awaat News: Conflicting Assessments on Baghdad’s Flood Risk

Gale: Audio "Drought Withers Iraqi Farms, Food Supplies Citation metadata"

Global Risk Insights: Water Shortage and Unrest in Iraq

Washington Post - A Turkish dam is about to flood one of the oldest continuously settled places on Earth

National Geographic Video: Tigris River Dam

Vox - Video "Iraq Water River Crisis"

Extension: Primary and Other

Gale: Primary Resource "Code of Hammurabi"

Science Mag - First Farmers Were Surprisingly Diverse

Gale: Plough and Now

Ancient History Lists - Primary Resource "The Atrahasis"

Ancient Texts - Primary Resource "Epic of Gilagmesh"