Mesopotamia - "The Land Between Rivers", What two rivers is Mesopotamia between? - Tigris & Euphrates Rivers, Nile - Egyptians, Indus - Harrapans, Yellow & Yanghtze Rivers - Huange & others, Other Civilizations - Hebrews, Nubians, Phoenicians, What happens when the river floods? - It deposits sediments which are good for the soil, Fertile Crescent (Middle East) - Because the soild is good for growing, Sumerians - Creators of Civilization, People of Sumer - Sumerians, Poly - Multiple, Theo - Religion, Ziggurats - Temples built in the middle of cities, Epic of Gilgamesh - One of the oldest stories ever written. Tells of ancient flood/destroyed the world, Irrigation - Help water crops during summer, Cuneiform - Writing used in Mesopotamia (triangles and lines), Cuneiform - Invented about 200 years before Egyptian hieroglyphics, City-State - No one person ruled, not like Kings or Pharaohs, City-State - Each city was rulled by their own king, Laws - Used to keep order, Code of Ur-Nammu - Oldest surviving written code and provided monetary fines for injuries, Code of Hammurabi - 350-400 years later, but more famous (Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth), Agriculture - farming, Priest & Kings - Highest members in society, Kings - In charge of administration of the law, Priests - People who spoke to the gods for other people, Scribes - People who wrote down the king's laws or kept records, Slaves - the lowest in society,
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