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__**Mesopotamia sucks**__

Location Southwest Asia In between two rivers - Tigris and Euphrates ** Culture ** Reflected their triumph over dry harsh land Their many gods explained many things in nature

Many gods Enlil was most powerful Nature gods They made offerings for gods
 * Religion **

4500-3300 B.C.
 * Time Period **

Temple priests ruled city-states. When a city-state went to war, the people elected a tough warrior to lead.
 * Government **

High class people had properties Women could be merchants, farmers, or artisans.
 * Lifestyle **

Kings, landholders, and priests were highest level. Most people worked in fields.
 * Social Classes **

Unpredictable flooding Defenseless Building materials/necessary items were scarce Irrigation ditches
 * Challenges **

Farming, dug ditches to plant crops.
 * Economy **

**Technology** They made arches, columns, ramps, and pyramids They needed math. Inventions: wheel, plow, bronze, sail.

Some military leaders became full-time leaders. Built wars Constant war.
 * Military **

Between Persian gulf and Mediterranean Sea Arc called fertile crescent
 * Geography **

Unpredictable flooding Harsh land until floods Floods made land less harsh.
 * Climate **

**Important People** Sargon conquered Sumer Hammurabi - leader of Babylonian Empire Priests controlled Hammurabi's code

Literature - Epic of Gilgamesh Gives information Similar to Noah's ark.
 * Writing **


 * Institutions ** City-states Independent Self governing City including surrounding farm land Empires: independent country city-states brought under one ruler. (Sargon created the 1st) Babylonians Invaded Mesopotamia Dynasty