# data[].attributes.body
Mesopotamian people made major developments in scientific and intellectual areas. Sumerians in particular are responsible for major innovations that have had a major impact on our own lives. These innovations and inventions include:
-The Wheel
-The Sail
-Writing
-The True Arch
-Irrigation and other farming implements
-Maps
-Mathematics
-Time and Clocks
-Astronomy
-Medicinal Drugs and Surgery
Despite these innovations and inventions being considered science by our own modern audience, in Ancient Mesopotamia, religion was the reason for these things, it was the will of the gods.

-Marcos

# data[].attributes.body
Mesopotamia is the home of the first ever written set of laws; Hammurabi's Code. This code consisted of 282 laws that helped retain the civilization of Mesopotamia. These rules were very harsh to minimize conflict. Also, the government for Mesopotamia was a little confusing. Since diversity in Mesopotamia resulted in city-states, there would be governors who would be in charge of these areas. There would be a King and Queen who were viewed as descendants of the gods they'd worshipped. The king was in charge of the military, religious meetings, and would also oversee trade.

# data[].attributes.headline
Mesopotamia's Agriculture - Austin McQueen

# data[].attributes.subject
Mesopotamia's Agriculture - Austin McQueen

# data[].attributes.body
Agriculture was vital to Mesopotamia, being it's main food source and holding up the economy.

Grain crops, like barley and wheat, were native to Mesopotamia and became sought after by other civilizations, causing trade from other places.

The fertile land surrounding the river very highly influenced the location of where the Mesopotamians settled and stayed.

Not only crops, but animals were often domesticated. Sheep, cattle and goats were traded and used for materials like wool and milk.

Used new tools, like the plow and animals, yo help speed up and make farming more efficient.

sources: http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/staff/resources/background/bg08/home.html
https://www.worldhistory.org/article/9/agriculture-in-the-fertile-crescent--mesopotamia/

# data[].attributes.body
Mesopotamia is the region of West Asia where civilization is thought to have began. Literally translating to "between rivers," in Greek, this region was situated between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, which allowed for agriculture to flourish. Throughout the centuries, this corner of the world has been home to great civilizations, like that of Sumer, Babylonia, and Assyria, which have left a lasting legacy on our own modern world in many different ways.

# data[].attributes.headline
Mesopotamia's Architecture - Bryan Hodge

# data[].attributes.subject
Mesopotamia's Architecture - Bryan Hodge

# data[].attributes.body
Mesopotamia's civilization was well known for it's agricultural success, but Mesopotamia also had amazing advances in architecture as well. One of Mesopotamia's beautiful creations is the Ziggurat. The Ziggurat was used for religious worship. The dimensions of the Ziggurat are 210 ft in length, 150 feet in width, and 100 ft in height. This is very impressive considering the time period!

# data[].attributes.body
In Mesopotamia, a polytheistic religious structure was used, which meant that their followers could worship multiple gods. They had three main gods: Ea - the god of wisdom and magic, Anu - the sky god, and Enlil - the god of earth, storms, agriculture, and the controller of fates.

# data[].attributes.body
Mesopotamia's economic system was held up by bartering, agriculture, and trading.

Crops would be traded for goods and other rarer crops, while people bartered for tools and materials like iron with currency.

Silver rings, which first started to be used around 2500 B.C.E by wealthy civilians, was used as the main currency. This made money hard to obtain, and only available to powerful and already wealthy individuals.

Crops like barley, wheat, and other grain products were popular crops. Along with crops, animals like goats, sheep and cattle were domesticized, along with fish being plentiful and beer being a delicacy.

sources: https://www.historyonthenet.com/mesopotamian-merchants-and-traders
https://www.archaeology.org/issues/291-1803/trenches/6363-trenches-kanesh-mesopotamian-trade-networks

# data[].attributes.body
Each city in Mesopotamia had its own god. In the center of those cities was a large temple (also known as a ziggurat) that the people and priests visited often to worship their gods. They would bring sacrifices (usually animals) to please the gods.

In early Mesopotamia, the initial rulers were priests, since almost all authority came from the gods. The priests ended up acting as representative of both god and mediator between the god and the people.

-angie