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From Neolithic Era Through Mesopotamia Neolithic Culture Jericho Catal Huyuk Seated goddess Mesopotamia • Land Between The Rivers Birthplace of civilization • Sumer The Fertile crescent From Egypt to the Red Sea Difficult life in mesopotamia Flooding Lack of natural boundaries Climate What mood? Invention of Writing Tokens Bullas Transition from counters to script Clay Tablets Replaced bullas Pictographs Cuneiform Sumerian Religion Ziggurat/function Temple Officials Priests, scribes, servants City Gods Each city was the property of a particular god Nanna, An, Utu, Innana Attributes Relationship between people and gods Literature Babylonian creation myth-Enuma Elish Literature Epic of Gilgamesh Law Codes Code of Ur-Nammu Law Codes Code of Hammurabi Arts Architecture Art-statuettes from Tell-Asmar-Temple of Abu Female Head from Uruk Victory Stele of Naram-Sin
