brmesopotamia

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__**MESOPOTAMIA**__
 * Between persian gulf and mediterranean sea
 * Tigris river and Euphruks
 * Modern day iraq
 * South west asia

__**GEOGRAPHY**__
 * Curved shape {fertil cresent}
 * flat swampy land
 * rich soil silts
 * desert climate
 * mesopotamia means land between the rivers


 * __ECONOMY/ AGRIUALTURE__**
 * traded grain and cloth, tools
 * recived stone,wood and metal
 * grew wheat, barley sorghom
 * through trade exchanged ideas {cultural diffusion}


 * __TIME PERIOD__**
 * 4500 bc
 * people began to farm
 * 3300 bc
 * Sumer{city state}
 * {sumerians} {people}


 * __ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES__**
 * unperdictable flooding, good soil, ruins life and crops
 * natural resorces were limited
 * little rain {dessert}
 * no natural berrours defences easy to be seen
 * not alot of building matural
 * need water for crops and survival built irrigation ditches
 * __WAR/MILITARY/DEFENCE__**
 * built city walls
 * constant war between city state
 * hard to defend no natural berrors
 * spred culture
 * men a leader durring times of war


 * __INSTUTIONS__**
 * city state
 * an independent self governing city including it's surrounding farm land


 * __RELIGION__**
 * ziggurat
 * grain, temple,goverment, curch closet to the gods
 * around the bazaar = market place exchange ideas
 * religion, politics, econctic and social


 * __LITERATURE__**
 * epic of gilgenemesh
 * gives us information on how they might have lived
 * stories similar to the noah's ark ledgend {flood}


 * __SOCIAL CLASS__**
 * top layer kings,land owners,and priests
 * wealthy merchants
 * ordanary people who workedin the fields, or in work shops
 * lowest level = slaves {debt-war]


 * __EQUALETY/ WOMANS RIGHTS__**
 * woman could be merchants, farmers, or artisans
 * woman could own property
 * woman could be priests
 * some upper class learned to read, write, and become scribes
 * more rights than ancient society


 * __TECHNOLOGY__**
 * inventions wheel, plow, bronze, sail
 * needed math to plan and build things
 * anthmetic and geometry base 60 {60 sec = 1 min} {60 min = 1 hour} 360 degree circle
 * arches, rams, pyrmid, zig
 * wirting {uniform} conclay tables}


 * __IMPORTANT PEOPLE__**
 * sargon- conquard sumer and spred culture {adaped surpt}
 * Hammurobi leader of baby lonian empire {known for code of law}


 * __GOERMENT__**
 * controled by priests at first
 * durring war men chose a tough fighter to lead- at first control ended after war over
 * with more frequient wars tough fighters commanders got control
 * Hammurobi code of law