Mesopotamia

=**!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!MESOPOTAMIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! **=

Mesopotamia was said to be the first human civilization on earth. It got its name from the Greek, it means "the land between rivers." Mesopotamia was located in modern day Iraq between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. The Mesopotamian people believed that everything in the world was controlled by gods. They even believed that there was a bread god. Besides gods there were also monsters and demons, which were not the same thing. Demons were created by the gods and good be either good or evil. Demons had human bodies and animal or bird heads. The monsters were a mixture of animals and birds. Here is some pictures of these gods.... [|**Adad (Ishkur)**] ||  [|**Amurru (Martu)**] ||  [|**Anu (An)**] ||  [|**Anzu**] || [|**Apkallu fish**] ||  [|**Apkallu griffin**] ||  [|**Apkallu human**] ||  [|**Apsu (Abzu)**] || [|**Ashur**] ||  [|**Bull Man**] ||  [|**Bull of Heaven**] ||  [|**Dumuzi**] || [|**Ea (Enki)**] ||  [|**Ellil (Enlil)**] ||  [|**Ereshkigal**] ||  [|**Gula**] || [|**Human-headed bulls**] ||  [|**Humbaba (Huwawa)**] ||  [|**Ishtar (Inanna)**] ||  [|**Lama**] || [|**Lamashtu**] || <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica"> [|**Lamassu**] || <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica"> [|**Marduk**] || <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica"> [|**Mushhushshu**] || [|**Nabu**] || <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica"> [|**Nergal**] || <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica"> [|**Ninhursag**] || <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica"> [|**Ninurta**] || [|**Pazuzu**] || <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica"> [|**Scorpion People**] || <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica"> [|**Shamash (Utu)**] || <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica"> [|**Sin (Nanna)**] || [|**Tiamat**] || <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica"> [|**Ugallu**] || <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica"> [|**Usmu (Isimud)**] || <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica"> [|**'Queen of the Night'**] ||
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica">[[image:http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/gods/explore/images/adad.gif width="52" height="108" caption="Adad (Ishkur)" link="http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/gods/explore/adad.html"]]
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica">[[image:http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/gods/explore/images/apkfishsml.gif width="62" height="108" caption="Apkallu fish" link="http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/gods/explore/apkfish.html"]]
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica">[[image:http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/gods/explore/images/ashursml.gif width="38" height="108" caption="Ashur" link="http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/gods/explore/ashur.html"]]
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica">[[image:http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/gods/explore/images/easml.gif width="89" height="108" caption="Ea (Enki)" link="http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/gods/explore/ea.html"]]
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica">[[image:http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/gods/explore/images/humansml.gif width="99" height="108" caption="Human-headed bull" link="http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/gods/explore/human.html"]]
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica">[[image:http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/gods/explore/images/lamashtusml.gif width="58" height="108" caption="Lamashtu" link="http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/gods/explore/lamashtu.html"]]
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica">[[image:http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/gods/explore/images/nabusml.gif width="61" height="108" caption="Nabu" link="http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/gods/explore/nabu.html"]]
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica">[[image:http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/gods/explore/images/pazuzusml.gif width="74" height="108" caption="Pazuzu" link="http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/gods/explore/pazuzu.html"]]
 * <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial,Helvetica">[[image:http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/gods/explore/images/tiamatsml.gif width="108" height="51" caption="Tiamat" link="http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/gods/explore/tiamat.html"]]

Each city was protected by its own god or goddess and their family. Large temples were built in the center of the city for the gods to live in. People could made offerings to the gods in smaller temples.
 * There were over 3,000 gods who were responsible for everything in the world like pottery, trees, bread, rivers, etc.
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Priests looked after gods with special rituals. **

Mesopotamia was the home of some of the oldest major ancient civilizations, like the Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians, and Assyrians.

INVENTIONS! The advances that the Mesopotamians made were they: Could write  Wrote written laws  A math system based on 60- 360 degrees in a circle, 60 minutes in an hour, they made tables for multiplication and division, square roots, quadric equations, the equitant of zero, they could also compute right angles The Mesopotamians were the first people to use the wheel They were the first to have a language and make stories



The geography of Mesopotamia! The rivers became the basis upon the wealth of this region The Mesopotamian Rivers often flooded in the spring and other times of the year water was scarce   Mashkan- Shapir was a typical Mesopotamian city located 20 miles from the Tigris River and connected to the river by tons of canals, it was abandoned within 20 years of settlement In Mesopotamia irrigation was essential for crops Mesopotamia had virtually no resources besides water and mud They built their houses form brick or mud Mesopotamia grew to become a powerful Empire It collapsed because the irrigation system. The mineral salts were left behind when the water evaporated, the mineral salts poisoned plants, so they could no longer grow healthy crops Overcrowding led to pollution Too much irrigation In Mesopotamia there were cool and hot seasons In the hot seasons the temperature could exceed 110 degreesIt had moderate rainfall. And a lot of flooding



LEADERS!!!!!!!!! The majority of people in Mesopotamia were farmers, but some were potters, builders, traders, slaves, servants, priests, kings, and elders. Mesopotamia is considered to have some of the world’s strongest leaders Sargon was a leader and he never lost a war, his Empire was in control for 150 years The Mesopotamian society consisted of slaves, commoners, and rulers (kings)

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