Mesopotamian (3500 b.c. -- 539 b.c) Lesly Cisneros

background Mesopotamia comes from Greek and it means “between two rivers” The two rivers are referred to Tigris and Euphrates rivers Mesopotamia is recognized as a region that produced multiple empires and civilizations rather than any single civilization.

Background continued Mesopotamia is known as the “Cradle of Civilization” because of: The rise of the city as we recognize that entity today The invention of writing

Quick interesting fact Both men and women worked. Women had equal rights; they could own land, file for divorce, own their own business, and make contracts in trades.

The tablets Mesopotamia brought significant cultural developments, including the oldest examples of writing. The tablets are made from stones such as, marble, hematite, hardened clay, and clay. The material was relied on a lot such as for artwork, carved or painted, education, home needs, buildings To say less, it was the Stone Age.

Carved art work Mesopotamia has a history of magnificent carved sculptures, and stories told on stone tablets, such as the one on the right. Each figure could represent a whole word, scene, location, person, etc. The tools they used to have such precise were chipped flint drills. These were used on soft stone like marble. Copper drills were used on harder surfaces like hematite.

Glazed terracotta tile from Nimrud, with a court scene, British Museum This is one of the very rare artwork to be saved,located in the British Museum. There are very little art pieces of Mesopotamia painted art. Such as the one on the right. Predominance is given to animal forms, particularly horses and lions, which are magnificently represented in great detail. Human figures are comparatively rigid and static but are also minutely detailed, as in triumphal scenes of sieges, battles, and individual combat.