I'm working on going back and blogging about our SOTW activities and experiences. I meant to do it as we went along, but that didn't happen, so here we go!
Chapter 5 jumps from Egypt back to Mesopotamia to cover the rise of the Akkadian Empire, the first (or at least one of the first) major empire.
We read and enjoyed The Golden Sandal (A Middle Eastern Cinderella Story) by Rebecca Hickox and The Three Princes: A Tale from the Middle East by Eric Kimmel.
Our hands-on project for this chapter was making a Sumerian seal.
First, he carved a design into a circle of clay and let it dry.
Here, he has just pressed his dry seal into wet clay to make an impression.
Rolling out more clay for another impression
Impression (left) and seal (right) side-by-side
He poked a hole in the impression and painted it to make a pendant.
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