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Science Units 1,2,3
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- 6000 BC -Rivers: Tigris and Euphrates - location: - Religions: -North: Assyrians (Asiria) - Centre: Akkadians (Akkad)- Saron I - South: Sumerians (cuniform writing ) –Summer History: Cuneiform writing – clay tablets,chisel 1)Sumerians: Canals, dykes- irrigation technics 2) Akkadians: king Saron I 3) Nomadic tribes (north) settled down 4) Sumerians 5)Assyrians – King Ashurbanipal 6)Neo-babilonians:King Nebuchadnezzar 7)Persians –Mesopotamia became a province of the Persian Empire 8)Greeks-Alexander the great ‘‘Sonia Acudió con Susana para Beber Anís pero No Bebieron Porque ‘‘Golia’’ mal.’’ Economy: Irrigation tecniques Agriculture cereals and vegetables Livestock Imported: Stone,wood,metal Trade Exported-whool,cereals
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SOCIETY KING The ruling Caste Other free people slaves
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religion An God of the Sky and father of the gods Enlil GOD OF THE AIR AND STORMS Ishtar Goddess of love Enki God of wisdom Believed in gods Life after death Magic and Divination
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Arts & sciences Libraries Literary works: epic poems Mathematical operations (without zero) Astronomy: eclipses, revolution, lunar Calendar. Medicine: medical instruments,diagnosis For illnesses
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Architecture and art Buildings : made of adobe; sometimes marble or alabaster. Semicircular arches and vaults. Palace of Shapur I Temples
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Ziggurat Sculpture Statue Relief
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