Presented Presentations
We Presented on the Indus River.
Mesopotamia
between the rivers
Tiger ans Euphrates river combined flows through modern Iraq
northern hills ans plains fertile land southern marshy and wide
Fertile Crescent
culture
songs written for gods believed in over 3000 gods
hunting most popular as well as boxing and wrestling
women rarely acted as individuals
irrigation
flood between April and June
farmers didn't know when to plant
hard to water crops due to drought people starved
workers built canals and dams to hold back floods
history
constant warfare and shifting empire
Babylon capital built along Euphrates
cities
Sumer was first settled refer to as black headed people divided into dozen independent cities
each centered on a temple dedicated to a god or goddess
first five Eridu bad-tibira larsa sippar shuruppak
resources
no forest no wood used mud brick
few mountains easy to invade stolen from
built mud walls for protection
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