Tag Archives: Mesopotamia

A conceptual diagram of four uses of cuneiform: keeping accounts, sending letters, learning signs, and recording literature and knowledge.
What Cuneiform Was For: Accounts, Letters, and Learning

Clay tablets reveal how writing recorded obligations, connected distant people, and preserved knowledge while leaving

19
Oct
Hammurabi’s Code Activity for Middle School: Daily Life
October 6, 2026

Teach Hammurabi’s Code with three everyday laws about farming, irrigation, and agreements. Includes a 40-minute

Small tan Mesopotamian clay tablet divided into sections containing circular impressions and incised signs.
Cuneiform Activity for Middle School: Read a Mesopotamian Tablet

Teach a 35-minute Mesopotamia source-analysis lesson for grades 6–8 using a real clay tablet, evidence

05
Oct