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    Mesopotamia means "land between the rivers" in Greek. It was called the Cradle of Civilization because it was home to some of the earliest known civilizations, including the Sumerians and Babylonians, who developed systems of writing, agriculture, city-states, and a code of laws. Writing was invented in Mesopotamia around 3500 BC to keep records, and the cuneiform writing system used wedge-shaped symbols that could each represent a sound, syllable, object, or idea.

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    Mesopotamia means "land between the rivers" in Greek. It was called the Cradle of Civilization because it was home to some of the earliest known civilizations, including the Sumerians and Babylonians, who developed systems of writing, agriculture, city-states, and a code of laws. Writing was invented in Mesopotamia around 3500 BC to keep records, and the cuneiform writing system used wedge-shaped symbols that could each represent a sound, syllable, object, or idea.

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    Mesopotamia means "land between the rivers" in Greek. It was called the Cradle of Civilization because it was home to some of the earliest known civilizations, including the Sumerians and Babylonians, who developed systems of writing, agriculture, city-states, and a code of laws. Writing was invented in Mesopotamia around 3500 BC to keep records, and the cuneiform writing system used wedge-shaped symbols that could each represent a sound, syllable, object, or idea.

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    Answer the following in complete sentences.

    What does Mesopotamia mean?

    Why was Mesopotamia called the Cradle (or Birthplace) of Civilization?

    FILM: Inventions and Discoveries in Ancient Mesopotamia


    (Parts 1 and 2)

    Describe irrigation? Why was irrigation an important invention?

    How did the wheel help ancient people? Why is it still important today?

    When was writing invented? How many meanings could CUNEIFORM one sign have?
    (EC opportunity - http://www.upennmuseum.com/cuneiform.cgi)

    What were two forms of punishment under ancient Mesopotamia law?

    What number was Mesopotamian math based on? Where do we still see traces of that
    system today?

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