Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia

1. Civilization

   • Language
     • They made the first writing not based on pictograms
       • Took 1000 years tho
   • 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
     • Ur
       • Center of a Mesopotamian State
       • Can be credited with decline of Sumerians
       • Amorites (nomads) moved in
   • 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

2. 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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