mike+mesopotamia

mikes home MESOPOTAMIA Its between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea. And the Tigris and Euphrates River. Modern day Iraq Curved shape Flat swampy land Rich soil-silt Fertile Cresent Desert climate Traded grian and cloth Recieved stone wood and metal Grew wheat and barley Through trade you exchange ideas-cultural diffusion 4500 BC 6508 years ago Built city walls City State self governed Its surrounded by farm land Unpredictable flooding Good-rich soil Bad-kills Natural resources were limited No natural barriors Not alot of building materials Need water for crops and to survive Polytheism-belief in many gods Gods controlled nature What happens after death You will go to the land of no return Made arches, ramps, columns, pyramids and ziggarats Epic of Gilgamesh Imforms us on how they might of lived Story similar to Noahs Ark (Flood) __~__
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