Mesopo tamia.

Sumeaians
Assyians
Ba bylonáns
AKKadians

Mona&cdhial Mitay
theocta
Religious and oweE Reliaious
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Egypt Mesopotami q

PyRAMIP of InRuenca

Meso Middle
Ptem RiveR Peesian qulf ond Medibcezon eun A
mean sb and in the middle of two Evezs.
Mese po tâmia

Two eivees, Euph eate and Tiqeis ow

Peom Hhe
he
mountains of mozdeen Tuekey down
syeia and Laa A+tha end theouah he
thy Pind the Pezian
gulP.
ARLD- D e s s e s
CAimatee
A A Pei o Land ww ve ¥etile innu egion
called
gion
"Fettile Ce0bcent.
Civilizahon 5ptead in
south and centza
feom 10000 B.c.
SiHu cded in
Mesopotamia
pseset day Is4q
Tts consideLed to be tha eadle of ha wosd's
e asiest civilizahon. I+ is tha bih p laa of
wáhrq.
Smaeians, thon Akkadians and then Babylonians Sielled
int. SuELeseive
people came to dominate untii tha
tise o! Peesian Achuemenian
Empie in 6th centuty Bc
HCnaemen ids weee ovezthiwwn
in by Alexandee he gzal
eag centusy c .
"2igqu Eats" is On of amo w Posm o temples.

SumenIANS
One of tha fiEst geoup of people to toem a civilizahon
p Eah cityStates wese so&towndel by cuthivadeol lands.

o u i l d 2igguzaBs in Cente2 oeach uRad.

Cities wese lld ay pvests and comm andecs.
NoEmally Peiests had po wee to eule but a tims of was
Comm ande weto given the powet
T Tha bekieved, no joy awated sols +ha2 at t
Land ot no
20tuen
Suneaiuns had good
had knoledye of Seien n teahunola.
und tedhnoloc
Invetions weea done :.whal.
the Scul,
.thepow,

Hes + Use o BEOnze

good knowledge oP Aeitneie Ond geomeit.

Num bez system was doweloped>36o degso of Cede

In base2 60
L Modegn unit o
mens utmg tima

Lenolalge in geonsty
buld ciky wcls and buldings
pland ieeiqahon sgstems
Sutwey Aooded helds
Made es+ clay tublet maP.

b Lot o inventi'ons in ilelds like Astzonom

chemistE
Meci cine
They aso kapt WEiten
They coEds oinvetions mads.
NRITING AND SCRIPTURE

gteotest conteiut'on ot Mesopotamia inveton o wutin

tansmission o khowleokqe-s alloweo acods to adlitate.
w e t on e clay tables witm polnt o ud.

deied i into sun to made tatlet.

sceces only ones who could eead and weite.

seewed as puests
coed keepezs
Fac(ountants
iest om o titing CUNEIFORM

Becam tu vehi d
toa qtowth and
sp uaclto datedin meannng
Pezsi a and
Spead oP Civilizaton 3500 BC
wedge shaped
Ond exchange o£ idias Egypt
dmon Clhues

Temples Centez o atowth oB

uy
Ieziqaion gstem and lands of la estnblished
T&ade and buioness mind ed Assy
ans
involueel in suenhPre and litesay uesuu
Pezstan Empi2 most powe: tu in tha egion
egion))
we qteat admins t*a tozS.
Road 3 built, state oEqanised into ptOvinus
wez
ven mudh impotana,
geogeaphy
e Eninall
Hot and deu imate
windstoEms ecwing muddy vez valleys (in winteg)
Catastophic loodina o siuen in spi ng)
Aid soil condihonsS.

ARCHITECTURAL TRADIHon:
2 main ahitectu&ad teaditions in Mesapot emia.

e s t 4aditionol cla alluvial Eivee plains.

undeeE e of Pesin teadih'ons timbe in highland
mountanéous 2one o
Stone was available Peesepolis.
in Highlánd 2one

Columna +eabeated tLs gEow plent

aEchitechutl givi ng bwking timbee

TRABEATED

RooF Aauated.
KEYSTONE

Stone
lintel edge
shaped
blocks
stone
Post

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