Sumerian Civilization (4000-2225BC)

 

Ancient Mesopotamia

Ancient Mesopotamia refers to the place where humans first formed civilizations. The first people gathered here. Governments in big cities learn to write. And that is why Mesopotamia is called the cradle of civilization.

                                                                     

Ancient Mesopotamia

 

 The word Mesopotamia means the land between rivers when people say they are referring to Mesopotamia. A portion of land in the Middle East between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. And around it today the land is mostly in Iraq.

 

 There is southeastern Iran and southeastern Turkey. And there are parts of northeastern Syria. The heart of Mesopotamia lies between two rivers. The land of southern Iraq is fertile. And there is plenty of water around the two great rivers.

 

 To allow irrigation and farming in Mesopotamia. Began to gather in small villages and towns. Because they learned how to irrigate the land and grow crops on large fields.

 

Towns grew and eventually, they became big cities. New inventions, such as governments and writing, were created to maintain order in cities. The first human civilization was established.

 

The invention of writing:

 

He was the first man to make the cup of the Sumerian civilization. In which he invented writing. And the government was organized. In urban states where each city had its own independent government. Which was ruled by a king. Who controlled the city and the surrounding fields.

 

 Each city has its own basic god. There was a government that wrote to the Sumerians. And culture paved the way for future civilizations. On Monday, the first united state for city-states was united under one ruler in place of the Akkadian language.

 

                                          Ancient Mesopotamia

 

During this time the Sumerian language will be the central language in most of Mesopotamian history. The city of Babylon became the most powerful city in Mesopotamia. During the rise and fall of Babylon throughout the region's history, the Babylonians will build vast empires. Which ruled mostly in the East.

 

The people of East Babylon were the first to write and record their own system of law. The Assyrians came out of northern Mesopotamia as part of a warrior society. He ruled most of the Middle East at different times.

 

History of Mesopotamia What do we know about the history of Mesopotamia? Found in clay tablets. The Persian city of Assyria overthrew the Assyrians and Babylonian rulers, whom they conquered for the most part.

 

Interesting facts about the Middle East, including Mesopotamia, were created by Hammurabi, king of Babylonian law. The Hammurabi Code may be the world's oldest written law.

 

 The Sumerians are often credited with inventing the wheel in the center of every major city. There was a temple of the city god called Cigarette. Both the Tigris and Euphrates rivers are more than a thousand miles long.

 

Current status:

 

Mesopotamia is often referred to as the place where people first began to write. Mesopotamia is the part where history began.

Large area but archaeologists call it fertile crescent.

 

 Many of the buildings' walls and structures were made of sun-dried bricks. These bricks can't last long. Therefore, very few ancient Mesopotamian cities still stand. What do we know about Mesopotamians? The thousands of clay tablets found in the library of the captive city of Nineveh contain history.

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