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    Mesopotamia was the first civilization that developed between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers around 3000 BC. The Sumerians established several cities in Mesopotamia after transitioning to an agricultural lifestyle of farming and domesticating animals, which allowed people to live in larger settled groups. This led to the development of specialized trades, writing in the form of clay tablets, and social structures like laws and religion with gods.

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    Mesopotamia was the first civilization that developed between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers around 3000 BC. The Sumerians established several cities in Mesopotamia after transitioning to an agricultural lifestyle of farming and domesticating animals, which allowed people to live in larger settled groups. This led to the development of specialized trades, writing in the form of clay tablets, and social structures like laws and religion with gods.

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    Mesopotamia

    1st Civilization – the Road to


    Us!
    SETTLE DOWN
    • FARMING – FOR FOOD
    • NO NEED TO CHASE ANIMALS
    • LIVE IN LARGER GROUPS
    • NEED LAWS
    Domestication
    • Taming and keeping of animals
    • Cows – Sheep – Pigs – Chickens
    • Don’t have to chase after
    Civilization
    • Mesopotamia means: “land between two
    rivers”
    • Civilization developed between the
    Euphrates and the Tigris Rivers
    • By 3000 B.C. a number of cities are
    established by the Sumerians
    Mesopotamia
    THE FERTILE CRESCENT

    Aswan Dam Draining of the Marshes


    CIVILIZATION
    • Division of Labor
    • FARMER, CRAFTSMAN, MERCHANT,
    PRIEST, WARRIOR, ETC.
    • ALL INTERDEPENDENT

    • USE OF WRITING TO KEEP RECORDS


    OR COMMUNICATE FAMOUS DEEDS
    Writing

    Tablet of pre-cuneiform script


    Made of Clay
    Religion
    • GODS:
    • THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH
    MEN

    • THE ORIGIN OF THE WORLD


    Ziggurats
    Remember!
    • Human stopped chasing animals
    • Started to farm
    • Began to:
    • Build Cities
    • Live in larger groups
    • Learn different trades (tool making &
    writing)
    • Developed Writing
    • Created a calendar

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