EARLY CIVILISATIONS. BIRTH 6000 B.C. EUPHRATES AND TIGRIS MESOPOTAMIA NILE EGYPT.

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MESOPOTAMIA UPPER MESOPOTAMIA (NORTH) LOWER MESOPOTAMIA (SOUTH) FERTILITY OF ITS LANDS MADE PEOPLE SETTLE THERE AND BUILT CITY STATES.

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EARLY CIVILISATIONS

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BIRTH 6000 B.C.

EUPHRATES AND TIGRIS

MESOPOTAMIA

NILEEGYPT

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MESOPOTAMIA

UPPER MESOPOTAMIA(NORTH) LOWER MESOPOTAMIA

(SOUTH)

FERTILITY OF ITS LANDS MADE PEOPLE SETTLE THERE AND BUILT CITY STATES.

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MESOPOTAMIA

Assyria(assyrians)

NORTH

AKKAD(AKKADIANS)

CENTER

SUMER(SUMERIANS)

SOUTH

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historySumerians3500 BC

AkkadiansSargon I of Akkad.3500BC

1950 BCBabyloniansNomadic tribesUnified the country.(Hammurabi).1950 BC

Assyrians(Ashurbanipal)

Again Babylonians: 625 BCNeo Babylonian Empire

(Nebuchadnezzar II )

539 BCPersiansKing Cirus II named itMesopotamia

331 BC Greeks(Alexander the Great)

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ECONOMYArable crops (cereals)

Livestock

Craftwork

Trade

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SOCIETYKING

The ruling Caste

Other free people

slaves

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religion

An God of the Sky and father of the gods

Enlil GOD OF THE AIR AND STORMS

Ishtar Goddess of love

Enki God of wisdom

Believed in gods

Life after deathMagic andDivination

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Arts & sciencesLibraries

Literary works: epic poems

Mathematical operations (without zero)

Astronomy: eclipses, revolution, lunarCalendar.

Medicine: medical instruments,diagnosis For illnesses

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Architecture and artBuildings : made of adobe; sometimes marble or alabaster. Semicircular arches and vaults.

Palace of Shapur ITemples

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Ziggurat

Sculpture

StatueRelief


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