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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 are the different events that took place in the Fertile Crescent?
The cradle of civilization is notable for being home to the first farming settlements along the Jordan and Euphrates rivers. The Fertile Crescent is also notable for being the birthplace of state level societies and writing.
Mesopotamia had several kings. Some examples would be Hammurabi, Sargon, and Nebuchadnezzar.
Who was allowed in a ziggurat?
Anyone could go on the top of the ziggurat they went their to worship gods back then people didnt believe in one god
Did the Sumerians invent the water wheel?
Yes, Sumerians did invent the water wheel. In fact the Sumerians invented the wheel.
How are Sumerians Phoenicians and Mayas similar?
They are different peoples from different places with different cultures.
What is the geography in the ancient times in Mesopotamia?
Mesopotamia is an ancient and mysterious place that few have true answers for.
Athens was a polis. It didn't contain other poleis (plural of polis), though in the Delic-Attic League they did dominate many others.
What is the fertile land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
Mesopotamia or "The Fertile Crescent"
The region of higher land between two rivers that are in the same drainage system
In what ways did a division of labor contribute to the growth of mesoptamian civilization?
The Mesopotamian civilization began as hunter-gatherers. Then, they became farming settlements. But they had a surplus of food, so they created more jobs, which helped create a civilization. I hoped that helped.thnx
Why is palawan considered the cradle of Philippine civilization?
Because the people have been there for at least 50,000 years.
What is the most common animal on the Ishtar gate?
The animals represented on the gate are young bulls (aurochs), lions, and dragons (sirrush). These animals are symbolic representations of certain deities: lions are often associated with Ishtar, bulls with Adad, and dragons with Marduk. Respectively, Ishtar was a goddess of fertility, love, war, and sex, Adad was a weather god, and Marduk was the chief or national god of Babylon.
What is the historical importance of the land of two rivers?
the tigris and the euphrates rivers were the most important factors to the rise of the civilization cause there is no life without water. the rivers were the source of food and trade
What are ziggurats and what civilization are they attributed to?
The are places of worship to the people of ancient Mesopotamia to go to and worship and bring offerings to their gods. Mesopotamia/Sumer.
What are some of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers problems?
Answer 1
Iraq is polluting some of the water which affects the Persian gulf and Syria's and Turkey's proportion of the water.
Answer 2
The biggest current issue surrounding the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers are the attempts by the Turkish government to place dams on those rivers, substantially cutting the down-river flow to Syria and Iraq. Turkey claims it needs the dams for hydroelectric power.
Additionally, as mentioned above, the rivers are getting rather polluted from all three countries using them, but primarily Iraq as Iraq has the longest stretch of the rivers.
