Classroom lesson · The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers · 🇮🇶 Iraq
The two great rivers that gave birth to the earliest civilisations
From the Iraq country briefing - opens for a class to learn together or a teacher to walk through.
Lesson being written · The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
The two great rivers that gave birth to the earliest civilisations
We’re writing a full classroom-ready lesson on this - what it is, why it matters, fun facts, and discussion prompts for your class. It’ll appear here soon.
In the meantime, you can use the headline above as a starting point with your class.
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Cuneiform — The World's First Writing
People in Iraq invented writing more than 5,000 years ago
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Babylon — City of Wonders
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The Great Ziggurat of Ur
A giant stepped tower built 4,000 years ago
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Hatra — City in the Desert
A 2,000-year-old desert city with towering carved archways
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