Many years ago at around 3500 B.C. Mesopotamians invented two things that would change the world forever. These inventions still influence our world today. Ancient Mesopotamia helped the world and still does‚ but if there wasn’t a written language everything would be a disaster‚ but two inventions helped the world and it was a written language and Hammurabi’s Code. How would you communicate with letters? Well‚ the Mesopotamians paved the way with the invention of cuneiform. Cuneiform was developed
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Multiple Choice: (C) - Mesopotamia comes from the Greek word “mesos” - meaning middle‚ and the Greek work “potamos” - meaning river. As such‚ Mesopotamia means “between rivers”‚ which is apt‚ considering it was build between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Mesopotamia had an arid climate that could facilitate the irrigation of crops. (B) - The first man to be considered an emperor was Sargon of Akkad‚ also known as Sargon the Great. His reign in Mesopotamia lasted from 2334 to 2779 BCE. He ruled
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A. One significant physical geographic factor that contributed to the development of Mesopotamia was the location of‚ and access to‚ the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers‚ as well as their tributaries. Located in a region known as the “Fertile Crescent”‚ Mesopotamia was able to utilize these rivers for transportation and irrigation of crops. As a result of flooding by the Euphrates‚ large silt deposits provided rich soil and promoted the cultivation of emmer‚ barley‚ beans‚ olives‚ grapes and flax. In
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Cells‚ Cell Division‚ and Cell Specialization Fundamentally Different Types of Cell Prokaryotic Cell- single celled: only DNA+ structure (“before nucleus”) E.g. zygote-complete DNA Eukaryotic Cell-multi-celled (“after nucleus”) Prokaryotes Eukaryotes DNA In “nucleoid” region Within membrane-bound nucleus Chromosomes Single‚ circular Multiple‚ linear Organelles None Membrane-bound organelles Size Usually smaller Usually larger- 50 times Organization Usually single-celled Often multicellular
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Geography * Mesopotamia means the land between the rivers in Greek. (rivers = Tigris and Euphrates) * It is located in western Asia. * It is also known as the world’s earliest urban civilizations. (arose around: 3500 bc) * Mesopotamia‚ known as “the cradle of civilization”‚ was the centre of Sumerian‚ Babylonian‚ Assyrian‚ and Chaldean civilizations. * The area now forms most of modern Iraq‚ south-eastern Turkey‚ and eastern Syria. * The natural wealth of Mesopotamia has always
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literacy”- ancient.eu. For example‚ male tutors are thought to have a higher level of intelligence and are well compensated by the wealthy. Despite this myself and other women were among the first individuals to become brewers‚ physicians in ancient Mesopotamia before those occupations proved lucrative and were taken over by men. Whereas Women in Egypt are allowed to wed by the time they are twelve years old some girls are married by the age of fourteen. These ages are considered old enough to have children
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Mesopotamia Mesopotamia means the place in between two rivers‚ hence Mesopotamia is in between two rivers. One river is the Tigris river and the other river is the Euphrates. The plain‚ broad area‚ that is in between these two river is called Sumer and spreads over 10‚000 square miles‚ or 6400000 acres‚ which is a lot of land. Sumerian cities are dotted all over this plain of land‚ these cities are known as city states. These city states are made up of a city and the surrounding area is villages
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In the ancient times‚ the Greeks called the area of the world’s first civilization ‘Mesopotamia’ which means‚ “The land between the two rivers.” This name was given because; Ancient Mesopotamia is where the first foundations of ancient city -states were laid. Ancient Mesopotamia was located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in the Fertile Crescent‚ which today is known as modern Iraq. Its location played a large role in its flourishing civilizations. The soil in this area was incredibly
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Societal Specialization "The result‚ then‚ is that more plentiful and better-quality goods are more easily produced if each person does one thing for which he is naturally suited‚ does it at the right time‚ and is released from having to do any of the others." By this quote‚ Plato means that in a just city‚ each person does only the job they are naturally best at‚ and this way‚ every job gets done as well as possible and each person only has to worry about that job‚ not meddling in any other business
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