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.

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

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.

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 .

Exceeding fertile Plain

Mesopotamia "The land between two rivers"

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