Mesopotamia- commonly thought of as the first civilization the truth is that Mesopotamia is just the area where the first civilization were.
Mesopotamia cities by the river- Assut Marri Nuzi Sippar
Uruk- In about the year 500 bce the city of uruk was founded uruk had 50,000 - 80,000 people in its 6 km by 6km wall in 2900 bce
Nippur- was considered a more sacred group formed around 5000 bce hit its peak in 2500 bce special place to worship
Nineveh- one of the oldest cities by 3000 bce they became very religious worshiping a goddess named ishtar there was a earthquake the destroyed the temple of ishtar rebuilt in the year 220 bce
Rivers- Tigis and Euphrates, the valley between the Tigris and Euphrates river was known as the land between the rivers. never a regular supple of water in the Mesopotamia soil
Geography- It is in between the two rivers mainly desserts in the north and marsh in the south, south gets a lot of rain mostly crops are grown there Mesopotamia is 5800 sq feet the trade routes are how the would get there money and food
Many of the objects traded were animals wine donkeys gemstones camels pottery and horses
Trading with Persians ancient India Afghanistan and Egypt
Technology- used cuneiform to write they are based on a numeral system used advanced mathematics invented a wheel only sons of wealthy people went to school
Religion- Believed world was flat surrounded by a flat hallow space and the sea was all around the earth top bottom and sides the universe had been born from these waters they were a polytheistic society they were a patriarchal society
sports- hunting wrestling polo but with men sitting on the shoulders of other men instead of horses, majore a sport like rugby
Goverment- was a monarchy first code of laws they believed that their rulers were descendants of the gods broken up into a city state system
Indus River Civilization-
The Monhenjo daro mean the mound of death
father of river is what indus meant
orginated from the tibetan plateau
located in south asia
Tibet north of the himalayas
The indus valley people had deserts and mountains protecting them naturally
The religion is still uncertain but is similar to the hinduism of today
People were born into social classes
Women were valued they made babies
the kids grew old they took on the parents jobs
Highly organized agriculture animals were a source of food
trade was a big part of their agriculture
Harappa was on of the biggest and first cities
Three classes- religious elite, trading class, the poor workers
Mohenjo-Daro
divided into 2 portions
Citadel was the lowers city which was called the public bath
they had sanitation systems
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