Ancient Mesopotamia
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.
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.
Gandhara Civilization, Art and Architecture
Sumerian Civilization (4000-2225BC)
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