Mesopotamia Rap
EU-Phrates River
Got a new lesson for you about ancient Mesopotamia
The Euphrates River and Tigris River form the base of civilization
Mesopotanians lived long ago
Dedicated god’s and had control
By the EU-Phrates River (x4)
They believed in many gods, this is polytheism
Shamash was the god of sun; Dagon of vegetation
By the EU-Phrates River (x4)
Akkadian was what they spoke, wrote on clay tablets some call notes
They had temples called ziggurat
They kept themselves united under Hammurabi’s code
You obey Hammurabi’s code
Praise Hammurabi’s code
Break Hammurabi’s code
And you’ll be saying oh no!
Libraries were found (x4)
Awww Yeah!
This rap was a project for World History and we had to come up with a rap that went over the culture of Mesopotamia, it is to the tune of Crank Dat
Mesopotamia (from the Greek, meaning 'between two rivers’) was an ancient region in the eastern Mediterranean bounded in the northeast by the Zagros Mountains and in the southeast by the Arabian Plateau, corresponding to today’s Iraq, mostly, but also parts of modern-day Iran, Syria and Turkey. The 'two rivers' of the name referred to the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers and the land was known as 'Al-Jazirah'(the island) by the Arabs (referencing what Egyptologist J.H. Breasted would later call the Fertile Crescent, where Mesopotamian civilization began).
Unlike the more unified civilizations of Egypt or Greece, Mesopotamia was a collection of varied cultures whose only real bond was that of their script, their gods and their attitude toward women. The social customs, laws and even language of Akkad, for example, cannot be assumed to correspond to those of Babylon; it does seem, however, that the rights of women, the importance of literacy and the pantheon of the gods did, indeed, do so. As a result of this, Mesopotamia should be more properly understood as a region which produced multiple empires and civilizations rather than any single civilization. Even so,
Got a new lesson for you about ancient Mesopotamia
The Euphrates River and Tigris River form the base of civilization
Mesopotanians lived long ago
Dedicated god’s and had control
By the EU-Phrates River (x4)
They believed in many gods, this is polytheism
Shamash was the god of sun; Dagon of vegetation
By the EU-Phrates River (x4)
Akkadian was what they spoke, wrote on clay tablets some call notes
They had temples called ziggurat
They kept themselves united under Hammurabi’s code
You obey Hammurabi’s code
Praise Hammurabi’s code
Break Hammurabi’s code
And you’ll be saying oh no!
Libraries were found (x4)
Awww Yeah!
This rap was a project for World History and we had to come up with a rap that went over the culture of Mesopotamia, it is to the tune of Crank Dat
Mesopotamia (from the Greek, meaning 'between two rivers’) was an ancient region in the eastern Mediterranean bounded in the northeast by the Zagros Mountains and in the southeast by the Arabian Plateau, corresponding to today’s Iraq, mostly, but also parts of modern-day Iran, Syria and Turkey. The 'two rivers' of the name referred to the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers and the land was known as 'Al-Jazirah'(the island) by the Arabs (referencing what Egyptologist J.H. Breasted would later call the Fertile Crescent, where Mesopotamian civilization began).
Unlike the more unified civilizations of Egypt or Greece, Mesopotamia was a collection of varied cultures whose only real bond was that of their script, their gods and their attitude toward women. The social customs, laws and even language of Akkad, for example, cannot be assumed to correspond to those of Babylon; it does seem, however, that the rights of women, the importance of literacy and the pantheon of the gods did, indeed, do so. As a result of this, Mesopotamia should be more properly understood as a region which produced multiple empires and civilizations rather than any single civilization. Even so,