Ancient Mesopotamia The land between the rivers in Greek.
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Ancient Mesopotamia
The land between the rivers in Greek
Mesopotamia - The Fertile Crescent Covers area of Iraq, parts of Syria, Turkey Region called Fertile Crescent due to shape, fertile soil
Mesopotamia is a region, not a country. Refer to the individual Peoples that
made up Mesopotamia; the Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians, Assyrians, Chaldeans, and to some degree the Hittites, Phoenicians and Persians
The Mesopotamian City-States City-state—city and areas it controls.
• high walls protect it from invaders.
• irrigation canals provide water to areas with little
rainfall.
• allow safe trading of grain, dates, stones, metals, & timber.
The Mesopotamian City-State Sumerians—form city-states around
3000 B.C.E.
• Ruled by temple priests, then elected leaders later became kings.
• Kings control politics, military; priests control religion, economy.
The Mesopotamian City-State Each city-state
built a temple to aspecific guardiangod.
Ziggurat – Temple that is a pyramid-shaped tower.
HammurabiBabylonian emperor who ruled Mesopotamia between 1792–1750 B.C.E.
Hammurabi’s code – the first set of written laws.
Very strict “eye for an eye”