B.O.Meso

BrettO MESOPOTAMIA LOCATION GEOGRAPHY ECONOMY TIME PERIOD CHALLENGES WAR / MILITARY INSTITUTION RELIGION ARCHITECTURE LITURATURE SOCIAL CLASSES EQUALITY
 * Southwest Asia
 * Persian Gulf
 * Modern Day Iraq
 * Curved Shaped
 * Flat Swampy Land
 * Rich Soil
 * Fertile Cresent
 * Desert Climate
 * Mesopotamia means "Land between the rivers"
 * Traded Grain and Cloth
 * Recieved Stone and metal
 * Grew Wheat, Barley, and Sorghom
 * Through trade expanded their idea
 * 4500 B.C. began to farm
 * 3300 B.C. Sumer
 * Unpredictable flooding
 * Limited natural resources
 * Little rain = Desert
 * No natural barriers
 * Built city wals
 * Constant war between city-states
 * Hard to defend because of no natural barriers
 * Spread Culture
 * Men pick a leader during times of war
 * City-states independent
 * Self governing city including it's surrounding farm land
 * Empires: independent country, city-states brought under one ruler
 * Sargon created 1st
 * Babylon: Invaded Mesopotamia
 * Dynasty: Series of rulers from one family
 * Polytheism: Belief in many gods
 * They believed that the gods controlled nature
 * When you die you go to "The land of no return"
 * Gave offerings/Sacrifices to the gods
 * Arches
 * Ramps
 * Columns
 * Pyramids
 * Ziggarats
 * Epic of Gilgemesh-similar to Noah's ark
 * Told us how they used to live
 * High Class: Land Owners, Priests, and Kings
 * Middle Class: Merchents, Wokers
 * Low Class: Slaves
 * Women clould be merchants, Famers, and Artisans
 * Women could own property