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Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia is the land between the Tigris and Euphrates and site of several ancient civilizations.

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What kinds of sports did ancient Mesopotamians play?

Ancient Mesopotamians played usually many hunting games. Such as killing lions, elephant, etc. They also fished a lot, played boxing and wrestling. They also had many boardgames. If you want to learn more about their daily life visit www.google.ca and then search mesopotamian sports and games. I'm sure many links will come. Hope this was helpful :)

How did sargon become king?

Sargon served as an influence for many subsequent Mesopotamian leaders. Sargon would rise to conquer all Mesopotamia and create the first multi-national empire in history. When you have an empire, a lot of changes occur in those areas like religion and trade.

Did Assyria take over Mesopotamia?

Egypt never was able to press control further east than the upper Levant (Lebanon and Syria). They never controlled Mesopotamia.

Why are scribes important?

Scribes are important because they could write for people who can't (because of injuries) and the people who don't know how.

What group of people were in the middle class of sumerian society?

The Sumerian middle class was made up of artisans, merchants and scribes. Since Sumerians acquired most of their wealth through trade, artisans and merchants had the ability to sell their wares to many who traveled to their land to trade. The collection of taxes was obviously very important and many scribes were employed by the government to keep careful records of these transactions.

What is the name of location means land between the rivers?

"Mesopotamia", is the name and the rivers are the "Tigris" and the "Euphrates" which are to be found in modern day Iraq.

How did the ancient Sumerians control the flooding on their rivers?

They controlled their floods by creating canals and lakes to help hold the water when a flood occured.

Is Mesopotamia a city or a state?

no because back then they did not have states but they did have city-states like uruk. but no Mesopotamia was a region in the eastern hemisphere now known as Iraq

What factor limited the growth of sargons empire?

Mesopotamia was isolated due to be surrounded by mountains and desert. Because of this civilization could only develop around the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.

Why did mesopotamia use weapons?

Yes they did, they made many inventions! Including the wheel and raft, ect.

What were the natural defenses of ancient mesopotamia?

Yes, Actually the have many mountains and rivers. It is mostly like a natural fence. Trees can also be included too.

What where Mesopotamia's public works?

Building city walls, and irrigation systems.

My answer: Mesopotamia's top public works were Dams and Dikes these were to control flooding. Canals were one of the most important plublic works, they were use to bring water to the fields. City walls was another this helped the city or city states be protected so it will make it hard for other armys to atack. Last top one was warehouses to store food. These ancient governments started plublic works to improve the lives of city dwellers and farmers.

What food did they eat in Mesopotamia?

Mesopotamians ate meat (pigs, chickens, cows, doves, ducks, geese, gazelles, Oryx, ibex, wild bulls, boars, hares, sheep, onagers, a type of donkey), unleavened bread/flat bread served with olive oil or sesame oil, vegetables, beer (their favorite), cow/goat milk , wine, fish, fruits (grapes, pears, apricots, apples, figs, plums, pomegranates, mulberries, dates, and figs). They also had butter, cheese, dates, and flour, and sometimes made cakes. The spices they had were mustard, coriander, (salt), and cumin. The Mesopotamians loved garlic and onions too.

Economic activity of akkadian?

they just sold kidneys of women by putting their hand into the pussies of the girls and pulling it out.

How did Mesopotamia water their crops during a drought?

They developed an irrigation system to direct the water to where they needed it.

Where is ziggurat located?

Ziggurats were built when Sumerians were alive. They lived in Mesopotamia and that is where they were built. Today where Sumer was is modern day Iraq. There all still some Ziggurats in Iraq that were made by the Sumerians. I believe the town is called Ur, Iraq

How far did Fertile Crescent stretch from north to south on the map?

The Fertile Crescent is a crescent shaped piece of land known for its fertile soil. On a map it is located as part of Western Asia, and the Nile Valley and Nile Delta of northeast Africa.