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Why Mesopotamia was the ideal location to settle

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Why Mesopotamia was the ideal location to settle

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Mesopotamia was the most ideal place to settle because  It has rivers which is great for the people and crops. Mesopotamia had there own religon for each empire and had schools to teach cuneiform. They also had offical l meetings with the kings. That is why Mesopotamia was the most ideal location to settle.

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City states created order by making every person in the civilazation had a different jobs. They also ranked people into ranks called Social Hierarchy. The rank of there family is determined of the job you get. The harder jobs were for the lower ranks in the civilization. Each empires had there own laws, arm, goverment, and leaders.

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The Babylonians existed from 1800-1200 BCE. They used a calender to know when the river would flood. They also followed the rules of King Hammurabi  (clear rules and clear punishments).

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Scribes usually wrote on papyrus with reed brushes dipped in ink. Scribes started writing so that they could make the government run smoothly and so they could keep records.The first people to start writing were the Sumerians of Mesopotamia sometimes even before 3000BC.

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The people who lived in Assyria were called Assyrians. They existed from 1200-539 BCE. The empire of Assyria were fierce warriors with many war strategies.They took control of a large part of Mesopotamia.

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The Empire of Sumer had many cities. They shared the same culture and trade with one another. The people who lived in Sumer were called Sumerians. They existed from 3000-1800 BCE.

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Relating to or written in a system of writing used in parts of the ancient Middle East.