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Mesopotamia is situated between the tigris

and the euphrates river for 5 millenia the small strip of land.They developed advanced mathematics which created a 60 second minute a 60 minute hour and 360 degree circle.babylonians used their sophisticated system of mathematics to map and study the sky.the greeks created the zodiac they also divided the week into 7 days naming each after their 7 gods and bodied by the 7 planets.Their city would sink under iraq

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Very fertile plain.

Land between two rivers called tigris and euphrates.

been there for 5 millenia but inhabited for 12,000 years.

now covered by Iraq, Kuwait, and Syria.

Stable climate, rich soil, and steady supply of fresh water made it ideal for agriculture to thrive.

Agriculture spread to places that became the world's first cities.

First they were under the Akkadian Empire, then separated into the Assyrian Empire and the Babylonian Empire.

Innovation and development thrived in here even with wars going on, from paleces to mamoth temples.

Developed advanced math on a base 60 system, which was a 60-second minute, a 60-minute hour, and a 360-degree circle.

They also used it to study stars.

The most impactful innovation was literacy, from just drawings developed into a sophisticated writing system by the year 3200 BC.

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The story of civilization began in Mesopotamia.

Mesopotamia is an exceedingly fertile plain situated between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.

For 5 millenia, the small bit of land, situated in current Iraq, Kuwait, and Syria, fostered innovation that would change the world forever.

Mesopotamia had a stable climate, rich soil, and a steady supply of freshwater, which made it ideal for agriculture to develop and thrive.

They invented advanced mathematics, the base 60 system, and most importantly, literacy.

From drawing pictures on cave walls in order to tell stories, literacy turned into a sophisticated writing system called Cuneiform by 3200 BC. It was used to write the Code of Hammurabi.

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In Greek, Mesopotamia translates to "The land between two rivers"

Its stable climate, rich soil, and steady fresh water supply made it ideal for agriculture to develop and thrive.

Cuneiform - Writing System

Cuneiform was adapted for over a dozen different languages

Code of Hammurabi which formed the basis of a fixed law system.

The Babylonians used their system of mathematics to map and study the sky. They divided one earth year into 12 periods, they named them which later turned into the Zodiac.

They also developed advanced mathematics including a based 60 system, that created a 60-second minute, 60-minute hour, and a 360-degree circle.

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Key Characteristics of Mesopotamian Civilization

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Key Characteristics of Mesopotamian Civilization

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The Babylonians mapped and studied the sky using their math skills.

-they divided one earth year into 12 periods

They also used their gods names to divide the week into seven days.

-Babalon was conjured by the Persian King Cyrus in 539 BC.

-eventually, mesapotania would sink

But they gave the gift of civilization

The first item on a clay wall was literacy, which is how photographs were created.

Not only were they drawing, but they were also writing things on walls.

-and that was known as cuniform

The plains were also very fertile

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Mesopotamia is an exceeding fertile plain

Situated between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers and in what is today Iraq, Kuwait and Syria

Mesopotamia's climate, rich soil and steady supply of fresh water made it ideal for agriculture to develop and thrive

About 6,000 years ago some of these agricultural settlements became the world's first cities

In the period between the 4,000 and 3,100 BC was dotted with a constellation of competing city states.

At one point they were controlled by the Akkadian Empire and then broke apart forming the empires of Assyria and Babylon

Despite the wars and ruckus, innovation and development flourished in ancient Mesopotamia.

They built infrastructure on an enormous scale from palaces to ziggurats

Ziggurats- Mammoth temples served as ritual locations to commune with the gods

They developed advanced mathematics and created a base 60 system, a 60 second minute, 60 minute hour and a 360 degree circular angle.

The babylonians used mathematics to map and study the sky.

They divided one earth year into 12 periods.

Each period was named after the most prominent constellation in the heavens, a tradition later adopted by the greeks to create the zodiacs.

They also divided the weeks into seven days, naming each after their seven gods embodied by the seven observable planets in the sky.

The most impactful innovation to come out of Mesopotamia is literacy.

What began as simple pictures written on wet clay to keep track of goods and wealth developed into the a sophisticated writing system in the 3,200 BC

This writing form was called Cuneiform

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Mesopotamia was between the Tigris and Euphrates. Now in Iraq, Kuwait and Syria.

Mesopotamia's stable climate, rich soil and a steady supply of fresh water made agriculture thrive and develop.

Few agricultural settlements moved into other first-class cities.

Between 4,000 and 3,100 BC Mesopotamia had a constellation of competing city-states.

At one point they were under the Akkadian empire and that broke down into 2 other ones which are the Assyrian Empire and Babylonian Empire.

Innovation and development thrived in ancient Mesopotamia

They built a scale from palaces to Ziggurats mammoth temples that served as ritual locations to commune with the gods.

They developed advanced math problems including a base 60 system which was a 60-second minute, 60-second hour and a 360-degree angle.

They used math to learn and study the sky

They also divided 1 earth year into twelve periods. Each was named after a prominent constellation.

And then adopted by the Greeks and created the Zodiac.

They also divided the week into 7 days naming each after the 7 gods.

The most impactful innovation was literacy which was simple pictures on wet clay. And developed into a writing system by 3,200 BC

In 539 BC, The Persian king conquered Babylon.

Mesopotamia slowly started to fade away, But their ideas still stayed and would still be in their law, math astronomy and the gift of civilisation to itself.

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Mesopatania

The civilization begins in one place

It happens in ancient Mesopotamia

The name of the 2 rivers were Tigris and Euphrates

The land between the two rivers

These two rivers were originated in Iraq, Kuwait and Syria.

They are talking about the agriculture, fishing and livestock. This happened because of fresh water supply.

In spite of wars all lot of monuments were built.

Examples-: from the palaces to ziggurates.

They also developed babylonian tablets used to help solve Mathamatical problem

They divided one earth year into 12 periods

The code of Hammurabi- An eye for an eye- a tooth for a tooth

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mesopotania is an fertile plain .

situated between the tigris and and the euphrates rivers .

situaded inside iraq , quwait and syria .

inhabited for 12,000 years .

mesopotainas stable climate,rich soil and steady supply of water made it ideal for agriculture .

some of the agriculture settelments blossomed into some of the word firt cities .

in the period between 4000 and 3100 bc mesopotaina was dotted of. constelation cometing states.

ur , uruk ,babylon,akkad,nimry and ashur .

akkadian empire formed the empires of assyria and babylon .

invationa and devolop ment thrived in the ancient mesopotania , they buit on a monumental scale , palaces .

they devoloped advanced maths , including the base 60 system .

babonians used mathematics to map and study the sky , they divided one earth year into 12 periods .

a tradition later adopted by the greeks to create the zodiac .

they divided the week into 7 days naming each after thier seven gods emboided by the 7 observable planets in the sky .

on 3200 bc mesopotainias key innovation was litrecy , wich startedby making simpple drawings on clay , the writing sysem was called cuneiform .

recoring the law of the babylonian king hammurabi , wich formed the basis of standered justice system .

in 539 bc the persian king cyrus conquered babylon .

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The story of civilization and everything began in Mesopotamia

Very Fertile Plain

Situated between the Tigrus and the Euphrates rivers

Ideal for agriculture to develop and thrive

Once was the Akkadian empire but broke up forming the Babylonian and Assyria empires

Developed advanced Mathematics including the base 60 system

Developed a sophisticated writing system by 3,200 bc.

Their writing system was called Cuneiform

Babylon was a very rich state

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Exceeding fertile Plain

Mesopotamia "The land between two rivers"