THE “CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION” GOOD FARMLAND LOCATED BETWEEN THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES RIVERS.

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THE “CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION” GOOD FARMLAND LOCATED BETWEEN THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES RIVERS

MESOPOTAMIA

MESOPOTAMIA WAS LOCATED BETWEEN THESE TWO RIVERS

TIGRIS & EUPHRATES

THIS AREA OF GOOD FARMLAND RUNS FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA THROUGH NORTH SYRIA TO THE PERSIAN GULF

THE FIRST CIVILIZATION IN MESOPOTAMIA

SUMERIANS

A CITY THAT IS ALSO A COUNTRY IN ITSELF IT GOVERNED ITSELF AND WAS INDEPENDENT

ONE OF THE EARLIEST CITY-STATES BUILT IN MESOPOTAMIA

UR

A RELIGIOUS TEMPLE

ZIGGURAT

SUMERIAN FORM OF WRITING

CUNIFORM

A WRITING INSTRUMENT OF THE SUMERIANS

CLAY USED BY SUMERIANS TO WRITE ON

TABLET

OLDEST RECORDED EPIC POEM IN HISTORY

HEAD GOD OF THE SUMERIANS

AN

KING OF THE AKKADIANS

SARGON I

AKKAD WAS THE NAME OF THEIR KINGDOM THIS GROUP APPEARED IN MESOPOTAMIA IN 5,000B.C.

AKKADIANS

THIS GROUP INVADED MESOPOTAMIA FROM WESTERN SYRIA

AMORITES

CAPITAL CITY OF THE BABYLONIAN EMPIRE

BABYLON

KING OF THE BABYLONIANS

HAMMURABI

THIS GROUP FROM ASIA MINOR CONQUERED BABYLON THE FIRST TO USE IRON WEAPONS

HITTITES