"*2340 BC, the great Acadian leader Sargon conquered Sumer and built the Acadian Empire stretching over most of the Sumerian city-states and extending as far away as Lebanon." 1-07
Provides 12 complete lesson plans on Ancient Mesopotamia. Stresses development of problem solving and analytical skills, as well as interactive skills.
"The word 'Mesopotamia' is in origin a Greek name (mesos 'middle' and potamos 'river', so 'land between the rivers'). The name is used for the area watered by the Euphrates and Tigris and its tributaries, roughly comprising modern Iraq, Kuwait and part of Syria. South of modern Baghdad, the alluvial plains of the rivers were called the land of Sumer and Accad in the third millennium." 1-07