Mesopotamia
- was the 1st place the the Pythagorean Theorem was created.
- Mesopotamia means the land between two rivers.
- Trade and commerce was very important to the people by using the Tigris and Euphrates river. Rivers were used for irrigation, and for grazing animals
- Many problems with the river: flooding which would force people to move from cities
- They had many gods. They believed that the world was a flat disc and water covered the entire earth and that the universe was born from the enormous sea.
- They settled because of water, warm climate and the fertile soil. However there was few trees very little rainfall, and Mesopotamian traded their surplus for stone wood and metal.
- Babylon was known for it's color and luxury
- Ashur is in modern day Iraq named after a god.
Nile
- Its located in Africa and its over 4000 miles long.
- Like many other civilizations of its time, life was mainly dependent on the river and the life it brought with it. It's also called the chief of transport.
- The People of the Nile river were the Egyptians. Men wore skirts and robes and the women skirts and dresses. If you had money you wore sandals.
- The sun God is RE or RA.
- Egyptians believed in life after death. They did mummies. Clothing, foods, and other needed accessories were added into the grave just in case they would need it in the after life.
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