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    Ancient Mesopotamia

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    Geography * Mesopotamia means the land between the rivers in Greek. (rivers = Tigris and Euphrates) * It is located in western Asia. * It is also known as the world’s earliest urban civilizations. (arose around: 3500 bc) * Mesopotamia‚ known as “the cradle of civilization”‚ was the centre of Sumerian‚ Babylonian‚ Assyrian‚ and Chaldean civilizations. * The area now forms most of modern Iraq‚ south-eastern Turkey‚ and eastern Syria. * The natural wealth of Mesopotamia has always

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    literacy”- ancient.eu. For example‚ male tutors are thought to have a higher level of intelligence and are well compensated by the wealthy. Despite this myself and other women were among the first individuals to become brewers‚ physicians in ancient Mesopotamia before those occupations proved lucrative and were taken over by men. Whereas Women in Egypt are allowed to wed by the time they are twelve years old some girls are married by the age of fourteen. These ages are considered old enough to have children

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    What Is Mesopotamia?

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    Mesopotamia Mesopotamia means the place in between two rivers‚ hence Mesopotamia is in between two rivers. One river is the Tigris river and the other river is the Euphrates. The plain‚ broad area‚ that is in between these two river is called Sumer and spreads over 10‚000 square miles‚ or 6400000 acres‚ which is a lot of land. Sumerian cities are dotted all over this plain of land‚ these cities are known as city states. These city states are made up of a city and the surrounding area is villages

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    In the ancient times‚ the Greeks called the area of the world’s first civilization ‘Mesopotamia’ which means‚ “The land between the two rivers.” This name was given because; Ancient Mesopotamia is where the first foundations of ancient city -states were laid. Ancient Mesopotamia was located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in the Fertile Crescent‚ which today is known as modern Iraq. Its location played a large role in its flourishing civilizations. The soil in this area was incredibly

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    Egypt and Mesopotamia

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    Two of the most advanced were Egypt and Mesopotamia. Although both had a male dominant government that was supported by a patriarchal king or leader‚ Egypt had a strong‚ centralized government whereas Mesopotamia was decentralized and was based upon small city-states operating independently. To add‚ Egypt was also classified as self sufficient rather than Mesopotamia who relied on trade because of unstable agriculture. Due to Egypt surpassing Mesopotamia in areas such as governmental structure‚

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    Mesopotamia Civilization

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    History 130 20. June 2013 Mesopotamia Mesopotamia‚ the birthplace of civilization‚ comes with an overwhelmingly rich history. Due to its wealth in contributions to many religions and ethnic groups and its strong religious influence in the area‚ the history behind Mesopotamia comes with a lot of stories. “No development has been more momentous‚ or fraught with consequence‚ than the emergence of civilization” (Perspectives 1). First were the urban development of Mesopotamia‚ the development of writing

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    EU-Phrates River Got a new lesson for you about ancient Mesopotamia The Euphrates River and Tigris River form the base of civilization Mesopotanians lived long ago Dedicated god’s and had control By the EU-Phrates River (x4) They believed in many gods‚ this is polytheism Shamash was the god of sun; Dagon of vegetation By the EU-Phrates River (x4) Akkadian was what they spoke‚ wrote on clay tablets some call notes They had temples called ziggurat They kept themselves united under Hammurabi’s

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    Ziggurats In Mesopotamia

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    Mesopotamia was a polytheistic society that placed great importance on the worship of gods and goddesses. Their association of these gods and goddesses with the forces of nature may have been the result of intense changes in climate that ranged from rainstorms to long term droughts. The Mesopotamian society believed that the city of Babylon was founded by Marduk‚ a hero-god‚ who was the child of the goddess Wisdom. It was believed that Marduk created humans to serve the deities which is reflected

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    Mesopotamia Dbq

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    The ancient cultures of Mesopotamia and Egypt developed into successful civilizations because they effectively utilized their surroundings. Rivers being the main geographic feature that led to successful development. From there on they went on to make many innovations to their traditional technology and techniques. These ancient cultures were also able to develop effective ways of governing their civilizations. Religion through cultural diffusion‚ brought together the city-states and empires created

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    Ancient Mesopotamia

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    Mesopotamia (from Greek‚ meaning between two rivers - the Tigris and the Euphrates) was an ancient region in the eastern Mediterranean (corresponding to today’s Iraq‚ mostly‚ but also parts of modern-day Iran‚ Syria and Turkey). The ancient ruins of Sumer were discovered in the 19th century. We know a lot about Sumer through the study of artifacts and monuments found onsite. Dated anywhere from 4000-6000 BC‚ Sumer is the oldest known culture on Earth and Sumerians were the first to build cities in

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