Mesopotamia - greek for the land between two rivers.
-Py Thag was first invented here.
Importance:
-Trade and commerce was very important because they had very few natural resources.
-Many cities and grazing animals along the river banks.
Challenges:
-River would flood causing problems for farmers.
-Cities would be abandoned which would lower trade and commerce
Culture:
-They believe in many gods
-they wrote on clay tablets.
-People were often buried with these items.
-Gods decided what crops would be planted and which ones would survive.
Beliefs:
-1st religion to be recorded
-believed the world was flat
-believed water covered the entire earth.
-Monthly festivals were based on the phases of the moon.
Geography:
-located in the Fertile Crescent
-centered around the Euphrates to the west and tigris to the east.
-Bordering Countries - Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Turkey
Reasons people settled there
-water
-warm climate
-fertile soil
Lack of Resources:
-few trees
-little rainfall
-traded surplus for stone, wood, and metal
Emergence of Cities and States:
-first cities began around 4000-3500 BC
Ashur - in modern day iraq.
Nile River:
-4160 miles long.
-Located in Africa flows north near egypt.
Importance:
-Provided resources for almost all aspects of life.
-called the chief of transport. looked at as a highway of transportation.
People:
-the people of the nile were called egyptians.
-3 classes: Upper, middle, and lower class.
-men wore skirts and robes. women wore skirts and dresses.
Religion:
-based on nature
-Main god was the Sun God - Re or Ra
-God of the Nile - Hapi
Beliefs:
-Believed in life after death, so they preserved their bodies in mummies so their bodies wouldn't decay.
States and Cities:
-3 civilizations formed: Nubia, Kemet, and Kush
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