7th Grade Chapter Summaries

Here are the chapter summaries for 7th grade.  Several students did not finish copying this from the board today, and chose not to come in during lunch, so I thought I'd post it so that everyone could study tonight.  Remember, the test will also include vocabulary from chapter 1-17, notes from your notebook and worksheets, and some test questions from previous tests.  Also note that chapter 13-17 are not included in these summaries but will still be on the test; I thought those chapters would remain fresher in students' minds.  Thanks to Lily for e-mailing these to me!

Chapter 1
-objects from tombs were commonly stolen by grave-robbers.
Chapter 2
-The Euphrates River used to flow by the village of Eridu but changed courses and left them stranded.
-People used reeds to make baskets, mats, and roofs. 

-Had tiny villages; no big cities yet.
Chapter 3

-The potter's wheel and plow invented.
-Uruk had 1000+ people.
-the quantity of land you owned was a sign of wealth
Chapter 4

timeline:
-First tablet was sent.
-People started using pictures for nouns.
-More pictures for adjectives and verbs.
-Pictures changed to symbols
-Cuneiform language invented.
-It only had 26 symbols, but was efficient.
Chapter 5
-Gods and Goddesses were like humans with emotions.
Chapter 6

-Puabi was very rich.
-Buried with lots of gold and riches.
-Sumerian King List is not entirely factual because it states that first few generations of kings ruled 1000+ years.

Chapter 7

-World's first super-hero is Gilgamesh
-He was king of Uruk; built walls around the city
-Best friends with Enkidu.
-He wanted to live forever.
Chapter 8

-Sargon built first empire from Mediterranean to Persian Gulf.
Chapter 9

-Sargon sends his daughter Enheduanna (the first known author) to be priestess of the moon god.
-Mesopotamians believed the the gods had half of their life in spirit, and half in statue.
-The rich worshipped in advanced ways. They worshipped in home and in temples. But the poor could only worship in home. But both come together in the streets on holy days or days of feasting.
Chapter 10

-Shulgi made first laws.
-He wrote poems and hymns about himself.
-Hammurabi is mistaken to have written them because his were on stone but Shulgi's were on clay.
-Hammurabi's laws were very eye for an eye and not general, but very specific.
Chapter 11

-7 judges in court.
-No lawyers.
-Needed witness and contract
-You would have to swear to the gods, to show you aren't lying.
Chapter 12

-Barbers were a king's closest advisors