dan+mesopotamia

home page  mesopotamia  Location  Geography   Economy
 *  between persian gulf and medatrian sea
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> modern day Iraq
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> curved shape
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">flat swampy land
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">rich soil
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">fertile crescent
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> desert climate
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> mesopotamia means land between the rivers
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> trade grain cloth received
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> syone wood and metals
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> grew wheat barley
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> though trade exchange ideas : cultural difussion

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Time period
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> 4500 BC people began to farm

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Enviromental challenges
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> unpriditable flooding
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> natural resoures were limited
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> little rain = desert
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> no natural barriers
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> not alot of building material
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> need water for crop
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> built irrigation ditchs

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">War/military/defense <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"> Institutions <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Religion <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Architecure <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Literature <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Social class <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Women rights <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Technology <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Important people <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Goverment
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> built city walls
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> constant war between city-states
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> hared to defend = no natural barriers
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> men pick a leader during times of war
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> spread culture
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> city-state independent self governing including its sarrounding farm land
 * <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> series of rulersform one family
 * polytheisma belief in many gods
 * gods controlled nature
 * what happens to you after death is you go to the land of no return not a good place
 * gave offering and sacrifices to the gods
 * ziggart - church on top, then goverment, then grain
 * arches
 * ramps
 * colum
 * pyraimaids
 * epic of gilgemesh
 * gives us information on how they might have lived
 * story is similar to the noah's ark legend
 * top layer: kings, landholders, and priest
 * next:wealthy, merchants
 * ordinary people: people who work in the fields or in workshops
 * lowest level : slaves
 * women could be merchants,farmers, or artisens
 * women could own property
 * women could be priests
 * some upper class learned to read and write and become scribes
 * more rights than women in many ancient societies
 * inventions: wheel, plow, brozne, sail
 * needed math to plan build things
 * base 60: 60sec =1 min/ 60min = 1hr/ 360 circle
 * cuneiform was their writting
 * sargon conqueriend sumer
 * first empire
 * Hummurabi known for code of law
 * controlled by priest at first
 * during war men chose a though fighter to lead first control ended after war over
 * with more wars commenders got permanet control
 * Hammuralois code of law

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