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=   =  __Mesopotamia__               __location/geography__                    __Technology__ <span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">   <span style="font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">  __ Empire __ <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> __Economy/Agriculture__ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> __Government__ <span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> __Daily life/Lifestyle__ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> __Important People__ <span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> __War/Military__ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> __Challenges__ <span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> __ Writing __ <span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> __ S.C.I.R.T __ __ Religion __
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> curved shape, fertile crescent, flat swampy
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> rich soil, desert climate
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">  landscape between Persian Gulf and Mediterranean Sea
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">  called the "fertile crescent"
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> Provided some of Asia's best farming.
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> <span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> used math and geometry to erect walls and buildings
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> devoloped wheel, sail, and plow
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> created arches, columns,pyramids,and ramps
 * <span style="font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> Sargon conquered Sumer, a city in Mesopotamia
 * <span style="font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> created an empire because two different cultures were brought together under one ruler
 * <span style="font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> Sumer culture was adapted and spread
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">   Sumerians traded cloth, grain, and crafted tools with the mountain people
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">   mountain people gave them stone, wood, and metal in return
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">   made irrigations systems that carried water to fields for surplus crops
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">   planted wheat and barley in rich silt to produce large field harvests
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">  grew posperous from extra food
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> Each city had it's own government and it's own rulers
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> Every city and its surrounding land was called a city-state, which is the same as an independent country today
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> Earliest gov'ts were controlled by temple priests who demanded a portion of every farmers crop as tax
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">  Daily life was spent farming and working with their trades [[image:http://tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:OCLOalv3YETM-M:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Mesopotamia_male_worshiper_2750-2600_B.C.jpg width="92" height="134" align="right" link="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Mesopotamia_male_worshiper_2750-2600_B.C.jpg&imgrefurl=http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Mesopotamia_male_worshiper_2750-2600_B.C.jpg&usg=__6_ejroU7QM6nK-yurxTjSdR8edI=&h=2260&w=1688&sz=910&hl=en&start=19&tbnid=OCLOalv3YETM-M:&tbnh=150&tbnw=112&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmesopotamia%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den"]]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">  Worshiping of the gods was part of daily life
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> Top layer were the priests, kings, and landholders
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> Second layer were the wealthy merchants
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> Third layer were the field workers, ordinary people, artisans, etc.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> Last layer were the slaves (debt, war)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> Built city walls
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> In time of war Priests chose tough fighters to command the cities
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> Eventually, as war became more frequent, tough fighters became permanent leaders
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> Some military leaders became full time rulers and passed their power down to their sons. This was called a dynasty.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> Unpredictable flooding
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> Little rains in the desert
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> needed water for crops
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> Had no natural barriers for protection [[image:http://tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:qTHFSRM0NABKTM:http://www.hartford-hwp.com/image_archive/ue/tablet02.jpg width="131" height="102" align="right" link="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.hartford-hwp.com/image_archive/ue/tablet02.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.hartford-hwp.com/image_archive/ue/uea.html&usg=__xl14fOSdWVK5F_t8o5supHYayZM=&h=403&w=519&sz=42&hl=en&start=19&tbnid=qTHFSRM0NABKTM:&tbnh=102&tbnw=131&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmesopotamia%2Bstone%2Btablet%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den"]]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> Natural resources were limited and building materials were scarce
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> Mesopotamians created a system of writing
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> Had old written tablets of investigations
 * <span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> Developed a number system
 * Specialization- workers who made irrigation systems,priests, field workers, artisans, etc.
 * Complex Institutions- temples, empires, ziggurat, etc.
 * Record keeping- priests who collected taxes, military commanders who kept record of their best fighters, etc.
 * Technology- math, geometry, ramps, columns, etc.
 * Advanced civilization by having a steady food supply, cities, and government.
 * Believed in more than one god, this is called polytheism.
 * Offered rich sacrifices to gods, such as animals, people, food, and wine.
 * Farmers believed success of crops depeneded on blessings from gods
 * Mesopotamian gods were nature gods, because people thought that would help them to live better and have good natural resources.



__ Literature __ __ Architecture __
 * "Epic of Gilgemesh".
 * Provides information on how they may have lived.
 * Story is similar to Noah's Ark (flood).
 * Ziggurat (center of life).[[image:http://tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:LW7dQ0QZUiLnBM:http://farm1.static.flickr.com/134/355244984_1706f7770e.jpg%3Fv%3D0 width="125" height="91" align="right" link="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://farm1.static.flickr.com/134/355244984_1706f7770e.jpg%3Fv%3D0&imgrefurl=http://flickr.com/photos/10293711%40N00/355244984&usg=__lUl5EzUHJ1xx78ZTbViKViRtRCI=&h=302&w=415&sz=99&hl=en&start=13&tbnid=LW7dQ0QZUiLnBM:&tbnh=91&tbnw=125&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmesopotamia%2Bziggurat%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den"]]
 * Top floor- temple
 * Middle floor- government building
 * Bottom floor- school