Ancient Mesopotamia
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Objective
I can explain how Mesopotamian inventions and ideas impacted later civilizations.
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Warm-up video
National Geographic · 4:10Vetted channel
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Practice
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Name three inventions or ideas that came from Mesopotamia, according to the video.
Describe how the Mesopotamian system of writing, cuneiform, was first used and how it changed over time.
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“The Mesopotamians developed a system of writing called cuneiform. Explain how this invention impacted later civilizations. The Mesopotamians developed a base 60 system of mathematics. Explain how this idea impacted later civilizations. ”
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