Mary Heapy Melanie Duffey CADS 2300 Due: 9/4/2013 Impact of Permanent Settlement on City Design in Mesopotamia Introduction The desire to have a place to call home is deeply rooted in the ancient history of our world. While hunting and gathering proved to be sufficient up until this point‚ life in settlements and cities was‚ and remains to be paramount. Even prior to other worldly connections‚ the region of Mesopotamia developed into several successful villages and cities. While tensions
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first civilization was established in southern Mesopotamia‚ and the people who did so were known as ‘Sumerians.’ The Sumerians were the first great civilization to utilize the overabundance of resources that Mesopotamia had to offer .The Sumerians learnt how to control the Tigris and Euphrates rivers by constructing levees and irrigation canals. As a result‚ a stable food supply existed‚ and the Sumerian villages evolved into self-governing city-states. They grew crops such as; wheat‚ rye‚ barley‚ flax
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The epic of Gilgamesh is about the ruler of uruk Gilgamesh and his quest to receive everlasting life. Gilgamesh wanted to receive everlasting life because he saw his best friend enkidu die of a slow agonizing death witch lead Gilgamesh to put his own mortality to question.. Enkidu died this death as punishment for the thing he and Gilgamesh did like kill the bull of heaven and chop down all the trees in the cedar forest after killing the demon humbaba. So Gilgamesh goes to the end of the earth to
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Dates: Sumerian/Mesopotamian/Old Babylonian – present day Iraq 4‚000 – 1‚925 BC Hittite – from Turkey 1‚500 – 700 BC control overlaps with Assyrian Assyrian – drive out Hittites 1‚000 – 612 BC Neo-Babylonian/Chaldean – 605 – 562 BC Persian – (present day Iran) 538 – 330 BC Innovations of the culture: Plough‚ cuneiform‚ developed tax collection system‚ built schools and gov’t buildings Sumerian/Old Babylonian Divided into roughly 4 ages: Sumerian‚ Akadian (has the quality of Sumerian but
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Mesopotamia. Religion has come far through time. Mesopotamia practiced polytheistic religions and built ziggurats‚ temples used for worshiping the gods. The structure of these buildings resembled the step pyramids of the Mesoamerican civilization. In addition‚ the people of both civilizations didn’t benefit from following their own religion‚ for the Sumerian gods were thought to have hated the Sumerians and the Aztec gods decreased their population by feeding off of human sacrifices. In the early African
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Fertile Crescent‚ the Tigris and Euphrates flood and deposit rich soil for farming. Eventually‚ the farmers learned to irrigate the river water‚ which led to surplus food supplies. In Sumer‚ which is located on the delta of the Euphrates‚ the Sumerians were able to produce so much food that they did not need as many farmers. This led to division of labor‚ the specialization of jobs amongst the people. Instead of farming‚ a person could be a merchant and engage in trading surplus supplies. Now
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the people of Sumerian and people of Mesopotamia irrigate their fields? Sumerians dug ditches and brought river water to their dry land. 2b. How did the Egyptians irrigate their land? Flooding of the Nile brought rich fertile soil for the Egyptian’s. 3a. What structure was at the center of a Sumerian city-state? What did they call this structure? What do you think this tell us about their culture? A temple was at the center of Sumerian city-sates. They called the temples Ziggurats. Having a temple
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Thesis: During the years between 3000 BCE and 600 BCE‚ Mesopotamia and Egypt’s empirical build-up and ways of trading were alike; however‚ there were visible gaps in their traditions and cultures. | MESOPOTAMIA | SIMILAR | EGYPT | POLITICAL | -empires included Sargon of Akkad‚ Hammurabi‚ Assyrian‚ and New Babylonian (Nebuchadnezzar)-kings‚ that normally ruled with local nobles-nobles were through birth in rich families; could not work way up-city-states to control public life within city walls
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bronze 14. Chariots-a light‚ two-wheeled vehicle for one person‚ usually drawn by two horses and driven from a standing position‚ used in ancient Egypt‚ Greece‚ Rome‚ etc.‚ in warfare‚ racing‚ hunting‚ etc. 15. Ziggurats- (among the ancient Babylonians and Assyrians) a temple of Sumerian origin in the form of a pyramidal tower‚ consisting of a number of stories and having about the outside a broad ascent winding round the structure‚ presenting the appearance of a series of terraces. 16. Pyramids-
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02.02 Travel Journal What is unique about the development of the Nile River compared to the development of Mesopotamia Be sure to include notes from the video. They created an accurate calender with 365 days instead of 360 like the Sumerians. The calendar helped predicted the floods. They also created the Nilometer to measure the floods. The floods helped crops grow‚ but it had to be just right. What major event happened that was considered the real beginning of ancient Egypt? It was when
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