Mesopotamia
It was the area where the first civilizations were
Uruk
Nippur
Considered a scared group
Geography
Between the tigris and Euphrates in Iraq
Mainly desert in the north and marshes in south
South gets lots of rain
Most crops are grown in the south during the dry season
Traded with the persians
Used cuneiform to write
Advanced in mathematics
Invented the wheel
Believed world was a flat disk
Polytheistic society
Patriarchal society
Monarchy
Broken up into a city-state system
Indus
Tidet north of the Himalayas
Deserts and mountains protected the people
Religion is similar to Hinduism
Born into social class-never changed
Highly organized agriculture
Animals are source of food
Harappa
Three classes
religious elite
trading class
poor workers
Mohenjo-Daro
Divided into two portions
Had sanitation system
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