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Transcript of Resources for Civilization, Achievements, and Empires.
Mesopotamian Civilization Section 2
Resources for Civilization, Achievements, and Empires
Boundaries of Mesopotamia
SE AsiaInside the Fertile
CrescentUnpredictable
floodingwater resource for
trade/transportation, fishing, freshwater, farming
Tigris & Euphrates Rivers
irrigationSupplying dry land
with waterCanalsDitchesDamsReservoirs
Mesopotamia “Land between the
rivers” in Greek language
Very fertileMade up of many
city-states
SumerSE region of
MesopotamiaFlat landMany successful
city-states located in this region
Sumerians invented many things we still use today.
City-statea city surrounded by
walls with farmland on the
outside ex. - Babylon, Ur,
Uruk, Nippur, Akkad had separate
governments
polytheismBelief in many godsStarted as a way to
explain events in nature
Ziggurat Religious temple to city-state’s most important god
Multi-layered mudbrick
Located in center of city-state
People left offerings Priests in charge
CuneiformWedge-shaped
writing system On clay with a
stylusWritten by scribes
Invented to keep track of recordstrade & government Sumerian
achievement
SargonAkkadian king (city
of Akkad)Conquered all of
Mesopotamia created world’s first
empireUnited all of Meso.
under one rule
HammurabiHammurabi’s Code
of Law282 lawsGoverned every
aspect of life“eye for an eye”Fair within same
social classes