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Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia is the land between the Tigris and Euphrates and site of several ancient civilizations.
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How did the geography of Mesopotamia help a series of leaders conquer and unify Mesopotamia?
The first leaders like Hammurabi and Sargon made the right choices to be a good role model to other people. With the use of Sargon's war skills and Hammurabi's laws, an empire could stand for years! And so other leaders used the same skills that Sargon and Hammurabi used to keep their city-state/empire safe.
What number did the Mesopotamians base their number system on?
360 and Dates and Math and bablonians and geometry and history and pi Shaun McCarthy 2:42 pm So have you ever wondered why there are 360 degrees in a circle? Or why there are 60 minutes in an hour? or 60 seconds in a minute? Seems rather weird doesn't it. Well, don't worry - it's not an evil conspiracy. Simple Answer: Blame the Babylonians - they used the Sexagesimal system. Don't get excited - it means that instead of using base 10 (as we do) they used base 60. You can read more about it on wikipedia. Geek Answer: So the next question is, why 60? Well, 60 has a lot of advantages, especially before the day of calculators. The numbers 1-6 all divide nicely into it - therefore it's easy to split a circle / hour / minute into fractions and get a whole number back (e.g. 1/4 hour is 15 minutes, and 1/6th of a circle is 60 degrees). Not only that, 10, 12, 15, 20 and 30 all go into it as well! All up, that means you get 12 factors (or easy fractions). That's awesome. Just don't ask them to divide by 7… (1/7 = 0.08:34:17:08:34:17: reoccuring) Compare this to base 10, where you only get 4 (1,2,5,10) - even with 100 you only get 9 (1,2,4,5,10,20,25,50,100). But why 60? Dustmop (below in comments) points out that farmers probably counted the days in the year long before they cared about algebra. Combined with the fact that 360 is very close to the 365 days in a year, probably lead to the number being used in a lot of primitive seasonal calculations. The Babylonians probably got the idea of using Base 60 from this even earlier origin. If there are ETs out there, I wonder what base they use for chopping up time (considering it's unlikely that they have the same 365ish rotations per cycle around the sun) and circles (probably radians)?
What was the Mesopotamia political system in early Mesopotamia?
Mesopotamia was ruled by a Priest-King. He was a leader that controlled the political system and religion
What type of shelter did the ancient Mesopotamians build?
1 is called the ziggurat were the king/gods would liv eand all the other houses were surounding it,
How were political problems solved in Mesopotamia?
Usually those who disagreed with the authorities were thrown to the lions.
What are the advantages to the invention of writing?
It helps communicate our ideas to a vast majority of people and to make it private
Why is mesopotamia sometimes called cradle of civilization?
It is called that because it is the place that nomadic tribes began building villages, becoming civilized with a language and rules, and starting modern society.
The lands between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers supported some of the earliest organized human settlements, which eventually evolved into a complex of towns and cities.
In other words people there built stationary dwellings that were meant to survive beyond a human generation, if not several generations, as opposed to a temporary dwelling meant only to last no more than a season. Generally, this was the main difference being from hunter-gatherer/nomadic and agrarian or "civilized" societies. The arguments are based on archaeological remains of buildings and artifacts that have been recognized as supporting these theories. Evidence supports such settlements from at least 5000 BC, giving rise to the Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian, and Assyrian civilizations. These were some of the earliest known civilizations in which human habitation takes on an a highly complex and organized state of affairs, akin to modern cities, as opposed to mere villages or towns.
However, sites of similar ages are found around the Indus valley, and in Egypt.
(see the related links section for information regarding the Indus Vally and the Mehrgarh Period I -- both of which were located in the same region.)
Egypt
Ostensibly, Mesopotamia is not the "cradle of civilization."
The Nile Valley Civilization, present day Egypt and Ethiopia, is recognized by the scientific communities of egyptologists, anthropologists, and archaeologists as the cradle of civilization. The concept of social order and the concept of an organized society came out of the Nile Valley Civilization before there was any other society known to man functioning any other place in the world.
The significance of the Nile Valley Civilization is that it was that civilization that set a standard of performance untouched by the other civilizations of the world. The Nile valley stretches 4000 miles into the physical body of Africa and the Nile River was the first cultural highway.
Ostensibly, Mesopotamia is not the "cradle of civilization."
The Nile Valley Civilization, present day Egypt and Ethiopia, is recognized by the scientific communities of egyptologists, anthropologists, and archaeologists as the cradle of civilization. The concept of social order and the concept of an organized society came out of the Nile Valley Civilization before there was any other society known to man functioning any other place in the world.
The significance of the Nile Valley Civilization is that it was that civilization that set a standard of performance untouched by the other civilizations of the world. The nile valley stretches 4000 miles into the physical body of Africa and The Nile Valley River was the first cultural highway.
The lands between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers supported some of the earliest organized human settlements, which eventually evolved into a complex of towns and cities.
In other words people there built stationary dwellings that were meant to survive beyond a human generation, if not several generations, as opposed to a temporary dwelling meant only to last no more than a season. Generally, this was the main difference being from hunter-gatherer/nomadic and agrarian or "civilized" societies. The arguments are based on archaeological remains of buildings and artifacts that have been recognized as supporting these theories. Evidence supports such settlements from at least 5000 BC, giving rise to the Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian, and Assyrian civilizations. These were some of the earliest known civilizations in which human habitation takes on an a highly complex and organized state of affairs, akin to modern cities, as opposed to mere villages or towns.
However, sites of similar ages are found around the Indus valley.
(see the related links section for information regarding the Indus Vally and the Mehrgarh Period I -- both of which were located in the same region.)
it is called that because it is the place that nomads came out and started building villages, becoming civilized with a language and rules, and started being more sophisticated like they invented stuff
How does the development of a written language help advance a civilization like Mesopotamia?
During early civilizations, scribes were able to record laws, taxes, and also write about city events. When trade started to come about, people could write down their business ordeals and agreements.
Does mesopotamia still exist now?
2000 CENSUS DATAMESOPOTAMIAPOPULATION Total population 3,051 Square miles (land) 27.08 Population per square mile 112.68 277.25 79.56 GENDER Male 1,519 female 1,532 AGE 15 or younger 1,219 16-24 541 25-44 731 45-64 392 65+ 168 RACE AND ETHNICITY White 2,949 Black or African American 61 American Indian and Alaska native 12 Asian 1 Native Hawaiian and other Pacific islander 0 Some other race 2 Two or more races 26 Hispanic or Latino 10
What is the area of farmland in southwest Asia where early civilizations began?
The less specific region known as the Fertile Crescent is used to include the regions of river farming to the east and south of the Mediterranean Sea. More specifically, Mesopotamia seems to have originated earlier, in the land around the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, followed by the Egyptians on the Nile River.
What were the first people to civilize in Mesopotamia?
Probably the Sumerian who created their civilization in the 6th millennium BC
What are the three names that ancient Mesopotamia is known as?
The Fertial Cresent and The land between two rivers
What 2 factors made it possible to farm in Mesopotamia?
Faming was so successful because it was flat and dry. It was sorta hard but, the rivers would flood which was good/bad
What countries border modern day Egypt?
There are three countries that border modern day Egypt. These countries include Libya, Israel, as well as the country Sudan.
Which mountains border the Fertile Crescent?
In Iran and Turkey, the Zagros and Taurus mountains respectively surround the Fertile Crescent.
What sequence of events shows how Mesopotamia developed?
people formed divisions of labor.the population grew.agriculture was the bass of the society
Why was Mesopotamia's environment harsher than egypts?
this is really anything but all i know is that Egypt had the Nile river which was gradual and predictable seen it less life threatening while in Mesopotamia they had bad flooding and scorching winds
