Mesopotamia: Cradle of Civilization
Earliest Civilization: the Fertile Crescent
- earliest of all civilizations as people formed permanent settlements
- Mesopotamia is a Greek word that means “between the rivers”, specifically, the area between the Tigris River and Euphrates River (present day Iraq)
- Lasted for approximately 3000 years
- Its peoples were the first to irrigate fields, devised a system of writing, developed mathematics, invented the wheel and learned to work with metal
Geography of Mesopotamia
Rise of Sumer
The Akkadian Empire
Sumerian Culture
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