Mesopotamia The Land of the Fertile Crescent

Fertile Crescent

Mesopotamia

Sumer

The Cities of Ancient Sumer

Ancient Ziggurat

Tablet Showing Collection of Taxes

Food in Ancient Mesopotamia

Ancient Sumerian Town

The ruins of Mari, a Sumerian city from the early third millennium B.C.E. The ruins are located along the banks of the Euphrates River on the border between Iraq and Syria.

Sumarian houses were mostly built of hardened mud bricks.

Sumerian House

Sumerian Kitchen

Clothing of Ancient Sumer The basic garmet was called “Tug” and was what was later called a “Toga” in ancient Rome.

Early Sumerian Boats

The Land of Ancient Sumer