1. Mesopotamia The Land of the Fertile Crescent

2. Fertile Crescent

3. Mesopotamia

4. Sumer

5. The Cities of Ancient Sumer

6. Ancient Ziggurat

7. Tablet Showing Collection of Taxes

8. Food in Ancient Mesopotamia

9. Ancient Sumerian Town

10. 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.

11. Sumarian houses were mostly built of hardened mud bricks.

12. Sumerian House

13. Sumerian Kitchen

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

15. Early Sumerian Boats

16. The Land of Ancient Sumer