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Tuesday, August 28

mesopotamia isn't the first civilization

Nuzi, Ur, Assur

Uruk- 5000 BCE

nippur- sacred place

Between Tigris and Euphrates river in Irag, south gets a lot of rain

all trading was done between 4000 and 6000 bce

hunting, wrestling, polo, majore-like rugby

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tuesday august 28. 2012

Mesopotamia- commenly thought of as the first civilization, there were different civilizations, cities by the river....mari,bablyon,uruk.  in about the year 5000 B.C.E. the city Uruk was founded, Nippur was considered as a sacred group, it was a spec

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Tuesday, August 28

                         

                           Mesopotamia

  • commonly thought of as the first civilazation.
  • Mostly broken up into city states
  • cities by the river.. Mari, Kutu, Babylon
  • 2 rivers were Tigris and Euphrates
  • The valley between T and E was kn
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Tuesday August 28, 2012

The Nile River

  • Located in Africa and goes through egypt
  • necessary for farming
  • used for traveling
  • 4,150 miles long
  • would flood every year from July-Novemberriver used for transportation
    • flooding was important because it brought new rich soil for the Eqyptio
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Mesopotamia

-first civilization

-Uruk-one of the first cities- had 50-80 thousand people which made it the largest city in the world

-Nippur- sacred group- 5000 BC

-Nineveh- one of the oldest cities, very religious worshiping the goddess Ishtar, temple d

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Tuesday 8/28/12

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 f

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8-28

8-25 daily blog

  • Indus valley civilization
    • Geography
      • Indus means father of rivers
      • Located in south asia
      • Tibet, north of the Himalayas
      • Deserts and mountains protected them naturally
      • 1000 miles east of Africa
  • Culture
    • Religion is uncertain
    • People were born into so
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Tuesday, August 28th

Mesopotamia

-Commonly thought as the first civilization but is just the area where the first civilizations

-Cities by the River: Khorsabad, Nippur

URUK:

-In about the year 5000 B.C.E the city of Uruk was founded

-Uruk had 50,000- 80,000 people in its 6 km

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August 28, 2012

Early River Civilization Notes

The Nile

  • The Nile River valley was necessary for farming, used for traveling, and is the longest river in the world (4100 miles).
  • floods every year from July to November, and it brought rich soil for the Egyptians, and was
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Tuesday August 28, 2012

Indus River Civilization- Indus meant father of rivers, located in south Asia by India, they had deserts and mountians that protceted them naturally, people where born into social classes that never changed, jobs are passed on from father to son, tra

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Tuesday August 28, 2012

Notes:

Nile River Valley

  • Located in Africa
  • Used for traveling
  • Needed for farming
  • Longest river in the world
  • Flooded every year from July to November
  • Brings new rich soil for the Egyptians
  • Used for transportation
  • Valley contains deposits of granite, sandstone,
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TuesdayAugust 28, 2012

Today we presented our projects

Nile- The river goes through Egypt and is located in Africa. The Nile floods every year from July and November. The river was used for transportation. They had oxen pull larger soughs. They grew onions, melons, flax and

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Tuesday, August 28th

Mesopotamia.

-commonly thought of as an empire, Mesopotamia is a region.

-Uruk was one of the first cities. contained 50k-80k people. largest in the world at the time.

-Nippur was concidered one of the more sacred places. they worshiped the sumerian god

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