Mesopotamia is one of the first known civilizations. Its name in translation from Greek actually means "between two rivers," as it was located between the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers. Mesopotamia was also part of the area called the Fertile Crescent. Today, this is the area of Iraq. Sumer, Babylon, and Assyria were Mesopotamian civilizations. Babylonia and Assyria were the largest, and each was an incredible empire and made significant impacts on the development of civilizations as we know them today. Writing was developed in Mesopotamia around 3500 BC. Prior to the modern language of letters and numbers, Mesopotamians used the writing system called cuneiform -- it used symbols to tell the story.
In fact, Babylonian king Hammurabi was the one to establish Babylonia. His famous "an eye for an eye..." phrase in the Hammurabi code laid the foundation for the justice system. Babylonians, actually, were the first to write their laws down and have a written record. In total, there were around 280 laws.
Assyrians made substantial contributions because they emphasized the importance of learning and had fantastic libraries. At that time, writing was done on stone tablets, and the Assyrian library, which was located in the city of Nineveh, housed thousands of such clay tablets.
Mesopotamia is one of the first known civilizations. Its name in translation from Greek actually means "between two rivers," as it was located between the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers. Mesopotamia was also part of the area called the Fertile Crescent. Today, this is the area of Iraq. Sumer, Babylon, and Assyria were Mesopotamian civilizations. Babylonia and Assyria were the largest, and each was an incredible empire and made significant impacts on the development of civilizations as we know them today. Writing was developed in Mesopotamia around 3500 BC. Prior to the modern language of letters and numbers, Mesopotamians used the writing system called cuneiform -- it used symbols to tell the story.
In fact, Babylonian king Hammurabi was the one to establish Babylonia. His famous "an eye for an eye..." phrase in the Hammurabi code laid the foundation for the justice system. Babylonians, actually, were the first to write their laws down and have a written record. In total, there were around 280 laws.
Assyrians made substantial contributions because they emphasized the importance of learning and had fantastic libraries. At that time, writing was done on stone tablets, and the Assyrian library, which was located in the city of Nineveh, housed thousands of such clay tablets.
Mesopotamia was the civilization that had greater natural defenses.
Because that is where the world's first civilization occurred (ancient Mesopotamia).
1.How did the geography of Mesopotamia contribute to the development of early civilization there?
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The Summarian civilizations of Mesopotamia
Sumerians were the first structured civilization on Earth. They were part of the mesopotamians.
Mesopotamia was the civilization that had greater natural defenses.
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Because that is where the world's first civilization occurred (ancient Mesopotamia).
1.How did the geography of Mesopotamia contribute to the development of early civilization there?
Google Mesopotamia. Mesopotamia was the earliest civilization.
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Ancient Mesopotamia
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