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MESOPOTAMIA
”The land between two
rivers…”
mesopotamia
• Mesopotamia is located in the Middle East in
present-day Iraq…
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“Cradle of Civilization”
Their civilization spanned:
3500BC to 1900BC
The settlement of Sumer represents the world’s
first civilization…
Mesopotamia is Greek for:
“The land between two rivers”
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Mesopotamia was located in present day
Iraq and between the Tigris and Euphrates
Rivers….
“The land between two rivers…”
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“The land between two rivers…”
The Fertile Crescent…
Mesopotamia’s location is between two rivers which
forms the “fertile Crescent”
Because of their location, Mesopotamians introduced
a “New Technology”…
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AGRICULTURE…
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With the introduction of Agricultural
techniques and overall farming…
Mesopotamians were able to have a constant
food source that they did not have to hunt
for…
More food= healthier people=permanent
civilizations
Keep in Mind: Where there is water there is life…
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• Mesopotamians:
Self-sufficient
Healthier living
Surplus of food
This leads to the development of
the city-state…ex. Sumer, Ur
etc.
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With a surplus of food and the
development of city-states,
Mesopotamia began to
introduce new technologies
and ideas…
 Trading of surplus food
 Riverboats called turnips
 A system of record keeping to
manage their trading
 The WHEEL…
 Formal contracts on clay
tablets
 A system of writing called
cuneiform
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The center of the city-state was a temple called a Ziggurat
A brick wall surrounded the city-state and the farms were
located outside the city-state’s wall
Homes were originally built from bundles of reed but with
new advancements they began to build two storied homes
for the upper class with one storied homes for the lower
class
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Farmers grew wheat and barley…They would trade their
surplus up and down the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers…
People ate:
Barley Cakes
Flat Bread
Barley Beer
Fish
Hunted
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The Ziggurat:
“Mountain of God or Hill of
Heaven”
The Ziggurats were temples located at the
center of the city-state…
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 CLOTHING:
Made from: Wool and Flax
Men Wore:
Skirt-like Garments
Women Wore:
Gowns- Shoulders to ankles the right
shoulder was bare…Their hair was
braided
Gold and Silver Jewelry was worn as
well…
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The first written language: Cuneiform
Earliest known literature
A code of Law: Hammurabi’s Code of Law
Art and Architecture
Sewers
Flush Toilets
THE WHEEL
Plow: farming
Sailboat: to carry larger items on the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
A Mathematics System based on the numeral 60
Early concepts of Algebra
Geometry
Weights and Measures
This all served the world until the Roman Period