MESOPOTAMIAMESOPOTAMIA

Gods,Gods,

Writing,Writing,

And InventionsAnd Inventions

By: Ellis GlomanBy: Ellis Gloman

Gods and GoddessesGods and GoddessesGods of MesopotamiaGods of MesopotamiaAnu: God of the skyAnu: God of the skyEnlil: Most powerful God Enlil: Most powerful God Enki: God of rainEnki: God of rainMarduk: God of BabylonMarduk: God of BabylonAshur: God of the Assyrian EmpireAshur: God of the Assyrian EmpireGula: God of the SunGula: God of the SunEreshkigal: Goddess of the Ereshkigal: Goddess of the

UnderworldUnderworldNabu: God of writingNabu: God of writingNinurta: God of warNinurta: God of warAdad: God of stormsAdad: God of stormsErra: God of droughtErra: God of droughtNergal: God of plagueNergal: God of plagueZu: God of evilZu: God of evil

WritingWriting

The Mesopotamians invented the world’s first system of writing. Their first form of writing was pictograms.

Pictograms were used to communicate basic information. Even though pictograms were useful, they needed writing, so they developed a form of writing called

cuneiform. Cuneiform was invented somewhere around 3,000 B.C. They used cuneiform to keep track of

records, communicate with each other, and many other things. There are about 700 symbols in cuneiform.

This is a picture of cuneiform written on a

stone tablet

InventionsInventions

• They Invented the They Invented the wheel, the street, wheel, the street, the brick, the brick, irrigation, the irrigation, the sailboat, the worlds sailboat, the worlds first system of first system of writing, and many writing, and many other thingsother things

The EndThe End