Mesopotamia means “The land of rivers” in Greek. This civilization started around 6000 B.C. Mesopotamia is in the area of the Tigris and Euphrates river system and is part of modern day Iraq‚ north eastern Syria‚ Southwestern Turkey‚ and smaller parts of Southwester Iran. The two rivers Tigris and Euphrates had a massive effect on this civilization‚ the people could farm easily because of the rich soil known as the Fertile Crescent which was the cause of the two rivers. Mesopotamia is considered
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the earliest known non-nomadic agrarian societies. * Because Ubaid‚Sumer‚ Akkad‚ Assyria and Babylon civilizations all emerged around the Tigris-Euphrates‚ the theory that Mesopotamia is the cradle of civilization is widely accepted. * Sumerians -The civilized life emerged in Sumer was shaped by the unpredictable devastating
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Early Mesopotamian Architecture * Eridu – is the first significant example of the initial association of the Mesopotamian tradition in architecture with that of the Sumerians . * Warka – was by far the largest of the Sumerian cities which eventually‚ in the Early Dynastic Period .The two major areas of the city with important buildings were the Eanna and the Annu precincts‚ associated with the mother goddess and the sky god respectively‚ and dating back to the late fifth millennium B.C
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inscriptions and edicts‚ chronicles‚ royal and private letters‚ lexical texts‚ cultic commentaries‚ magico-medical texts‚ omens‚ and curse formulas.Mesopotamian beliefs in the afterlife come from distinct periods in Mesopotamian history and encompass Sumerian‚ Akkadian‚ Babylonian‚ and Assyrian cultures. We should therefore be careful not to view Mesopotamian afterlife beliefs as static or uniform. Like all cultural systems‚ Mesopotamian ideas of the afterlife transformed throughout time. Beliefs and
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Egypt was founded on the banks of the Nile River in what is now the northeast part of Africa. All three of these rivers flooded annually‚ which deposited rich silt into the soil‚ and created a fertile area for agriculture. The Egyptians and the Sumerians‚ as the Semitic people of Mesopotamia were called‚ possessed an economy based primarily on agriculture. They used the rivers as a way of transportation‚ and were able to trade with other peoples. They both created irrigation systems to provide drinking
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where one of the earliest human civilizations were living in. It is told that the Sumerians were the first civilization that once lived in Mesopotamia which is in Ancient near east and worlds first cities also developed in here which includes Sumer (Ur) and Babylon (Wildwood & Matthews‚ n.d.) In this Essay I will be focusing on the urban development and Architecture of the Ancient civilizations which includes the Sumerians and the Babylonians that were based in Mesopotamia the lands of Fertile Crescent
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Which of the Sumerian inventions helped them keep the river waters from damaging their crops? A. Rivers B. Basins C. Irrigation D. Ditches 4. Most people from Sumer were A. Farmers B. Fishers C. Hunters and Gatherers D. Politicians 5. Sargon was the ruler of which group of people? A. The Sumerians B. The Hittites C. The Assyrians D. The Akkadians 6. Sargon was the first ruler to A. Attack Sumer B. Have a permanent army C. Collect taxes D. Write a system of laws 7. The Sumerian people who wrote
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2014 Writing Assignment #1 A ziggurat is an ancient temple‚ common in Mesopotamia‚ present day Iraq and western Iran‚ during the civilizations of Sumer‚ Babylon and Assyria. Ziggurats weren’t really precise. Ziggurats were built of much smaller bricks. Ziggurats are pyramids with successively more distanced sides‚ while the Egyptian pyramids have smooth sides going up to a point. Also‚ Ziggurats are temples while the pyramids are burial grounds for the deceased. Ziggurats were believed to be dwelling
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Sumerian lives were spent serving the gods in the form of man-made statues. There was no organized set of gods; each city-state had its own patrons‚ temples‚ and priest-kings. The Sumerians were probably the first to write down their beliefs‚ which were the inspiration for much of later Mesopotamian religion. Sumerians believed that the universe consisted of a flat disk. While the Mesopotamian ’s didn ’t have anything quit to scale with the pyramids‚ they did use and build ziggurats for religious
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EDUCATION Sumerians trained boys in art. The students were mostly sons from upper-class families – sons of priests‚ temple and palace officials‚ military officers‚ sea captains and scribes. Girls and those who can’t afford the fees were not enrolled. They used clay tablets to write and practice their cuneiform writing. Clay tablets became their books. Those who learned the art were assigned to work as scribes in the temples‚ courts‚ or as merchants. RELIGION Sumerians worshipped the
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