cnc+Mesopotamia

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Location**__
 * Persian Gulf
 * Med Sea
 * Tigris River
 * Euprates River
 * Modern day Iraq
 * Southwest Asia

__**Geography**__
 * Curved shape
 * Flat swamy land
 * Rich soil/silt
 * "Fertile Cresent"
 * Desert climate
 * Mespotamia means" land between the rivers"

__**Economy/Agriculture**__
 * Traded grain and cloth
 * Recieved stone, wood, and metal
 * Grew wheat, barley, sorghum
 * Exchanged ideas through trade

__**Time period**__
 * 4500 B.C. People began to farm
 * 3300 B.C. Sumer

__**Challenges**__
 * Unpredictable flooding
 * No natural resources
 * Resources were limited
 * Little rain= desert
 * No natural barriers
 * Not a lot of building materials
 * Need water for crops, living, built irrigation systems

__**War/militay/defense**__
 * Built city walls
 * Constant war between city stats
 * Hard to defend- no natural barriers
 * Spread culture in times of war
 * Med picked leader during war


 * __Institutions__**
 * City-state independent, self governing city including its surrounding farmland
 * Empires- independent countries/city states under one ruler
 * Sargon created first empire
 * Babylonian empire invaded Mesopotamia
 * Dynasty- series of rulers from one family

__**Religion**__
 * Polytheism
 * God controlled nature
 * Land of No Return after death


 * __Architecture__**
 * Arches
 * Ramps
 * Columns
 * Pyramids
 * Ziggurat