mesopotamia
Civilization A complex society with cities, government, art, religion, class, and writing
Sumer The earliest-known civilization in the Fertile Crescent
Fertile Crescent Area of fertile land in the Middle East
Mesopotamia means "Land between the Rivers"
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers Rivers that surround Mesopotamia
Irrigation moving water to grow food
city-state isolated cities that functioned like small countries
Ziggurat means "mountain of god"
Artisans skilled workers that made useful products
cuneiform First form of writing; uses wedged -shaped symbols
scribes Record Keepers; Those that could write
Epic of Gilgamesh The world's oldest known story; comes from Sumer
Sargon King of the Akkadians; first to conquer all of Mesopotamia
Empire A group of many different lands under one ruler
Babylon City built by Hammurabi
Hammurabi King of Babylonian Empire; famous for his Law Codes
Hammurabi's Code First organized and written code that all could see
Sumer The earliest-known civilization in the Fertile Crescent
Fertile Crescent Area of fertile land in the Middle East
Mesopotamia means "Land between the Rivers"
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers Rivers that surround Mesopotamia
Irrigation moving water to grow food
city-state isolated cities that functioned like small countries
Ziggurat means "mountain of god"
Artisans skilled workers that made useful products
cuneiform First form of writing; uses wedged -shaped symbols
scribes Record Keepers; Those that could write
Epic of Gilgamesh The world's oldest known story; comes from Sumer
Sargon King of the Akkadians; first to conquer all of Mesopotamia
Empire A group of many different lands under one ruler
Babylon City built by Hammurabi
Hammurabi King of Babylonian Empire; famous for his Law Codes
Hammurabi's Code First organized and written code that all could see
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
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HOW DID MESOPOTAMIAN CIVILIZATION DEVELOP?
First came the city of Sumer. Then writing developed King Sargon of akkads starts to conqering the first empire known in world history. King hammurabi conquers a larbe empire. |
I have learned that that mesopatamia used to be really big then it disapeared because of there civil war.