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Mesopotamia���The Worlds First Civilization���
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What is a civilization?���
Civilizations (SIH•vuh•luh•ZAY• shuhns) are complex societies. They have cities, organized governments, art, religion, class divisions, and a writing system.�
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Why were river valleys important?���
Farming - large amounts of people could be fed ���
Trade - goods and ideas to move from place to place. ���
Cities - grow up in these valleys and became the centers of civilizations.���
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Mesopotamia��� The land between two rivers.���
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Mesopotamia��� Mesopotamia was
the worlds first civilization.���
The two rivers that allowed Mesopotamia to succeed were the Tigris and Euphrates.���
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The fertile crescent��� In the spring, the rivers
often flooded, leaving behind rich soil for farming. The problem was that the flooding was very unpredictable. It might flood one year, but not the next. Every year, farmers worried about their crops.���
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Irrigation���
Over time, the farmers learned to build dams and channels to control the seasonal floods. They also built walls, waterways, and ditches to bring water to their fields. This way of watering crops is called irrigation. Irrigation allowed the farmers to grow plenty of food and support a large population.���
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Sumer��� The first major civilization in Mesopotamia
was in a region called Sumer.�
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Food in Sumer��� The Sumerians grew several kinds of
crops. The most valuable one was barley, which was used to make flour and bread. Dates were also very valuable to the Sumerians. They were eaten once ripe or else they were dried for future consumption. Dates also made an excellent wine. ���
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Barley and dates���
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City-states��� Each Sumerian city and the land
around it became a separate city-state.���
Each city-state had its own government and was not part of any larger unit.���
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Social Classes in Sumer��� Upper class - kings, priests, warriors,
and government officials. ���
Middle class - artisans, merchants, farmers, and fishers. These people made up the largest group. ���
Lower class - enslaved people who worked on farms or in the temples.���
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Writing��� The most
important invention of the Sumerians was writing.���
The writing of the Sumerians was called cuneiform. ���
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Cuneiform alphabet���
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TheEpic of Gilgamesh��� The most famous piece of literature
from Sumer is the Epic of Gilgamesh.���
An epic is a long poem that tells the story of a hero. The hero Gilgamesh is a king who travels around the world with a friend and performs great deeds. When his friend dies, Gilgamesh searches for a way to live forever.���
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Sumerian Inventions��� wagon wheel���
plow���
sailboat���
number system based on 60���
geometry���
12 month calendar���
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wagon wheel���
plow��� sailboat���
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Sargon��� In about 2340 B.C., Sargon
conquered all of Mesopotamia creating the world’s first empire. ���
An empire is a group of many different lands under one ruler. Sargon’s empire lasted for more than 200 years before falling to invaders.���
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Hammurabi��� Hammurabi is best known for his law code,
or collection of laws.���
Law 5: If a judge makes an error through his own fault when trying a case, he must pay a fine, be removed from the judge’s bench, and never judge another case.���
Law 195: If a son strikes his father, the son’s hands shall be cut off.���