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 Location: 
 *  Southwest Asia.
 *  Mondern day Iraq
 *  Mesopotamia
 *  Between Persian Gulf and Medeteranian Sea
 *  Land between the Tigris River and Euphrates River

Geography:  Economy/Agriculture:
 *  Curved shape
 *  Flat swampy land
 *  Rich soil (silt)
 *  Fertile cresent
 *  Desert climate
 *  "Mesopotamia" means land between the rivers.
 *  Traded grain and cloth for stone, wood and metal.
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Grew wheat, barley and sorghom
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">   Through trade they exchanged ideas

<span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Time Period: <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Enviornmental Challenges:
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4500 B.C Farming Began
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 3300 B.C Sumer
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Unpredictable flooding
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Limited natural resources
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Desert (landscape)
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Little rainfall
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No natural barriors.
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not a lot of building materials.
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Needed water for crops
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Built irrigation ditches

<span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">War/Military/Defense:
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Built city walls
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Constant was between city states
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hard to defend - no natural barriors
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Spread culrure
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Men pick a leader during times of war

<span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Institution: <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1.) Independant countries 2.) City-States under one ruler (Sargon created the first) 3.) Babylonion invaded Mesopotamia dynasty
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CityState- Independant governing included it's surrounding farmland
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Empires:
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Series of rulers from one family

<span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Religion:
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Polythesism
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Belief in many gods
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gods control/lead nature
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What happens after you die??...you go to the land of no return.
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Gave grace offerings and sacrifices to the gods.

<span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Archetchure:
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Arches
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ramps
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Collumns
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pyramids
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ziggurat (Closest to gods)
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bazar (market place)
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> **religious, politicial, economic

<span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Literature:
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Epic of Gilgwesh
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gives us info on how they MIGHT have lived
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Story similar to the Noah's Ark Legend (Flood)

<span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Social Class: <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1.) Kings 2.) Landholds 3.) Preists
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Top Layer -
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next wealthy merchants
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ordinary people who worked in the field or in workshops
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Lowest level - slaves (Debt-War)

<span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Equality:
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Women could be merchants, farmers or artisens
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Women could own property
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Women could be preists
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some upper class learned to read and write and became scribes
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> More rights than women in many other ancient societies.

<span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Technolagy: <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1.) Wheel 2.) Plow 3.) Bronze 4.) Sail
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Inventions
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Needed math to plan and build things
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Arithmetic and geometry
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Created 1 minute=60 seconds/ 60 minutes=1 hour
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Created 360 degree circle
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Arches, Ramps, Pyramids, Ziggarats.
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Writing
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Cuneform (Writing) symbol like

<span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Important People:
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Sargon- conquored Sumer (Adopted and spread culture)
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Hummarabi- leader of Babylonian empire (Known for code of law)

<span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Government: <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1.) chose a tough fighter to lead at first control ended when was was over. 2.) With many frequent wars tough fighters = commanders got perminant control
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Controlled by preists
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> During war men:
 * <span style="color: #ff00cf; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Hummarabi's code of law