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Ancient Mesopotamia

Ancient Mesopotamia. 6 th Grade Humanities Piedmont I.B. Middle School. Mesopotamia - “land between two rivers” Located in present-day Iraq and Syria Considered to be the Cradle of Civilization Where Civilization first started.

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Ancient Mesopotamia

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  1. Ancient Mesopotamia 6th Grade Humanities Piedmont I.B. Middle School

  2. Mesopotamia- “land between two rivers” • Located in present-day Iraq and Syria • Considered to be the Cradle of Civilization • Where Civilization first started

  3. The Tigris River and Euphrates River start in Anatolia (present-day Turkey) and flow southeast into the Persian Gulf

  4. Silt- Fine soil carried by rivers and deposited on nearby lands. Very fertile • Fertile Crescent - Fertile region between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers where the first agricultural settlements were created • During the “Agricultural Revolution”

  5. Sumer- Believed to be the world’s first civilization • Began around 4000 B.C. • Developed the first writing system, called cuneiform • Invented the wheel and the game of checkers

  6. Babylon- Ancient culture that began around 2000 BC • Developed mathematics and astronomy

  7. Archaeologist discover the ruins of Babylon in 1932

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