Christy'sMesopotamia

Christyy's Homepage.!  My Notes. 

 Location:   Geography:       <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> Climate: <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">Challenges: <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">Military: <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">Institution: <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">Religion: <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">Architecture: <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">Time Period: Technology: Literature: Social Class:
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> Southwest Asia
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">  Modern day Iraq
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> By Tigris and Euphrates rivers
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">  <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">  by Persian Gulf and Medditeranean Sea
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> fertile crescent
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> good soil, silt
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> Mesopotamia means "land between rivers"
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> desert
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> when it rains, it gets muddy.
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia, serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">unpredictable flooding
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">limited natural resources
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">little rain
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">desert
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">no barriers
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">not a lot of building material
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">needed water
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">built irrigation ditches
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">built city walls
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">constant war between city-states
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">hard to defend
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">spread culture
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">men picked leaders
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">city-state
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">self-governning city-state, including its farmland
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">Empires- independant countries/city-states were under one ruler. (Sargon created the first)
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">Babylon invaded Mesopotamia
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">dynasty- series of rulers from one family
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">polytheism- belief in many gods
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">gods controlled nature
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">what happens after death?
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">go to the land of no return (ew.)
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">gave offerings and sacrifices to the gods
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">arches
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">ramps
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">columns
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">pyramids
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">ziggrat is closest to the gods
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">1st level is temple, 2nd is govt., 3rd is urian
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">social center of Mesopotamia
 * in 3000 b.c., they built many cities
 * 2500 b.c. they developed dynastys
 * Ziggurats
 * arithmetic
 * architectural information
 * cuneform
 * Epic of Giglemesh
 * gives info on how they might have lived
 * similar to Noah's Ark, with the flood.
 * kings, priests, workers, artisans were

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