1. MESOPOTAMIA ”The land between two rivers…”

2. mesopotamia Mesopotamia is located in the Middle East in present-day Iraq…

3. MESOPOTAMIA “Cradle of Civilization” Their civilization spanned: 3500BC to 1900BC The settlement of Sumer represents the world’s first civilization… Mesopotamia is Greek for: “The land between two rivers”

4. MESOPOTAMIA Mesopotamia was located in present day Iraq and between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers…. “The land between two rivers…”

5. MESOPOTAMIA The Fertile Crescent… Mesopotamia’s location is between two rivers which forms the “fertile Crescent” Because of their location, Mesopotamians introduced a “New Technology” …

6. MESOPOTAMIA AGRICULTURE…

7. MESOPOTAMIA With the introduction of Agricultural techniques and overall farming… Mesopotamians were able to have a constant food source that they did not have to hunt for… More food= healthier people=permanent civilizations Keep in Mind: Where there is water there is life…

8. MESOPOTAMIA Mesopotamians: Self-sufficient Healthier living Surplus of food This leads to the development of the city-state…ex. Sumer, Ur etc.

9. MESOPOTAMIA With a surplus of food and the development of city-states, Mesopotamia began to introduce new technologies and ideas… TTrading of surplus food RRiverboats called turnips AA system of record keeping to manage their trading TThe WHEEL… FFormal contracts on clay tablets AA system of writing called cuneiform

10. MESOPOTAMIA  The center of the city-state was a temple called a Ziggurat  A brick wall surrounded the city-state and the farms were located outside the city-state’s wall  Homes were originally built from bundles of reed but with new advancements they began to build two storied homes for the upper class with one storied homes for the lower class

11. MESOPOTAMIA  Farmers grew wheat and barley…They would trade their surplus up and down the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers…  People ate:  Barley Cakes  Flat Bread  Barley Beer  Fish  Hunted

12. MESOPOTAMIA The Ziggurat: “Mountain of God or Hill of Heaven” The Ziggurats were temples located at the center of the city-state…

13. MESOPOTAMIA  CLOTHING: Made from: Wool and Flax Men Wore: Skirt-like Garments Women Wore: Gowns- Shoulders to ankles the right shoulder was bare…Their hair was braided Gold and Silver Jewelry was worn as well…

14. MESOPOTAMIA Mesopotamians Contributions are… 1.The first written language: Cuneiform 2.Earliest known literature 3.A code of Law: Hammurabi’s Code of Law 4.Art and Architecture 5.Sewers 6.Flush Toilets 7.THE WHEEL 8.Plow: farming 9.Sailboat: to carry larger items on the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers 10.A Mathematics System based on the numeral 60 11.Early concepts of Algebra 12.Geometry 13.Weights and Measures This all served the world until the Roman Period