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Mesopotamia
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Mesopotamia
Civilization
- Language
- They made the first writing not based on pictograms
- Took 1000 years tho
- They made the first writing not based on pictograms
- City-States
- Government
- City-States were ruled by kings
- Babylon
- Hammurabi does so much
- Like conquering an empire
- And creates a law code
- Actually created an eye for an eye
- But then he died and Babylon got conquered
- Hammurabi does so much
- Ur
- Center of a Mesopotamian State
- Can be credited with decline of Sumerians
- Amorites (nomads) moved in
- Government
- Religion
- So! Many! Gods!
- God of the hills!
- God of the water!
- God of the wind!
- God of the sky!
- Each city state had their own god
- The kings and priests had to keep them happy
- Otherwise there would be droughts and famine
- The kings and priests had to keep them happy
- So! Many! Gods!
- Language
Geography
- Can't really farm except for near the river
- Lots of sheep and goats
- Tigris and Euphrates Rivers flow here
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- An overview of the basic facts of Mesopotamia, such as the cities of Babylon and Ur, their gods, geography and government
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- Sarah Jacobo
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