Humanities 101 Midterm Review Weeks 1 and 2 Mesopotamia: Sumerians‚ Akkadian‚ Babylonian‚ Assyrian Euphrates River Tigris River Fertile Crescent Uruk Cuneiform: wedge or nail shape marks pressed into wet clay –used for over 3000 years Sumerians 3500-2350 Located in lower Mesopotamia Between the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers Part of the Fertile Crescent Invented writing and beer (Kassi) Purpose? Records of goods and services 2700 BCE: rough date assigned the historical Gilgsmesh‚ King
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The Assyrian Empire was one of the greatest empires of the Middle East during ancient times. The Assyrian Empire was located in northern Mesopotamia region near the start of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Throughout history‚ the Assyrian Empire rose and fell several times. During their rises‚ the Assyrian Empire conquered its enemies and expanded its territories. During the falls‚ the Assyrians came under the rule of the Babylonian Empire. The Assyrian empire was ruled by kings whose power was
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Messopotamian Irrigation Systems By isa Have you ever wondered what the world would be like without irrigation systems? Without the ancient Mesopotamians we may not have had irrigation systems today. Mesopotamia was among the first civilizations to build a irrigation system. Mesopotamians had a very sophisticated irrigation system. They started by digging out a wide trench for the water to flow through. The next step was to build smaller ditches to their crops. Then they built walls to control
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individuals greater control over nature by providing harder‚ more efficient tools and weapons. At first copper ore was taken from the surface‚ but metalsmiths mined and smelted various ores to produce bronze. The technology of bronze-casting spread from Mesopotamia throughout the ancient world. In India‚ advanced metalwork techniques were used to produce jewelry‚ musical instruments‚ horse fittings‚ and toys. The master metallurgists were the Chinese‚ who use sectional clay molds to cast separate parts of
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Late Uruk Period of Mesopotamia‚ the “long list” definition by Charles Redman suffices (Owen 2013b: 1). The origin of this civilization fits the “social surplus” theory by V. Gordon Childe with a strong nine out of ten (Owen 2013a: 1). One of the first parts to Childe’s theory is the improvement to agriculture (Owen 2013a: 1). What made Mesopotamia such a unique culture in human history was their ability to use irrigation for their subsistent crops. The area that Mesopotamia is located at is not
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placement and incline of the ramps. One of the oldest ziggurats was discovered at Eridu and had burnt fish inside it‚ giving archeologists the impression that they were religious temples and the fish was an offering to the gods. The people of Mesopotamia wanted the homes of the gods to be higher than their own houses. Sumerians believed the gods came from the mountains and some believe the ziggurats were shaped like mountains due to this reason. Each ziggurat was dedicated to the city ’s most important
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Early River Valley Civilizations: Sumerian Civilization - Tigris & Euphrates Rivers (Mesopotamia) Egyptian Civilization - Nile River Harappan Civilization - Indus River Ancient China - Huang He (Yellow) River Mesopotmia Flat plain known as Mesopotamia lies between the two rivers in SW Asia(Middle East) . Because of this region’s shape and the richness of its soil(silt) it is called the Fertile Crescent‚ the rivers flood unpredictably. Sumerians were first to settle in this region‚ attracted by
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the river Tigris in northern Mesopotamia. Although it had controlled an extensive trading network in the early second millennium B.C. and formed a core area of the empire of Shamshi-Adad I (r. 1813–1781 B.C.)‚ the city had slipped into the shadows in the following centuries.” (1) Middle Assyrian period and Neo-Assyrian period. Assyrian rose to dominance in Mesopotamia. Their use of iron (instead of bronze) gave them superior weapons over others in Mesopotamia. The Assyrians were extremely
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Though Ancient Egypt and Ancient Mesopotamia were different in their outlook on life and in the structure of their governments ‚ they were similar in their interaction and trade‚ because they both were embedded in larger networks of commerce‚ culture‚ and power‚ and they both carried on long-distance trade once they were established. Ancient Egypt and Ancient Mesopotamia had very different outlooks on life. The Mesopotamians viewed humankind as caught in an inherently disorderly world‚ and subject
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flow of water were made in Mesopotamia‚ Egypt and Levant. These lands were home to the earliest civilizations that thrived because of the water management practices they used. The Nile River played an important role in the lives of Egyptians‚ they practiced a form of water management called basin irrigation‚ a productive use of the natural rise and fall of the river. Egyptian farmers did not experience the problems that plagued other irrigation societies. In Mesopotamia irrigation and flood control
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