Mesopotamia
EQ; of Mesopotamia is a an ancient region in the eastern Mediterranean bounded in the northeast by the Zagros Mountains
I learned Tigris-Euphrates valley was the land of Mesopotamia. And was the founded between 4000-3500BC by the Sumerian people. And they developed their own belief system with a variety of gods and goddesses.
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Artisans- skilled workers that made useful products
Babylon- City built by Hammurabi City-state- isolated cities that functioned like small countries Civilization- A complex society with cities, government, art, religion, class, and writing Cuneiform- First form of writing; uses wedged -shaped symbols Empire-A group of many different lands under one ruler Epic of Gilgamesh-The world's oldest known story; comes from Sumer Fertile Crescent-Area of fertile land in the Middle East Hammurabi-King of Babylonian Empire; famous for his Law Codes Hammurabi's Code-First organized and written code that all could see Irrigation-moving water to grow food Mesopotamia- means"Land between the Rivers" Sargon- King of the Akkadians; first to conquer all of Mesopotamia Scribes-Record Keepers; Those that could write Sumer- The earliest-known civilization in the Fertile Crescent Tigris and Euphrates- RiversRivers that surround Mesopotamia Ziggurat- means"mountain of god" |