MESOPOTAMIA


Information to gather and stories to think about:


  1. Where is Mesopotamia and why did people settle there?

  2. How did the people develop agriculture (farming)? What were the results of that development?

  3. How were religion and politics (government) related? What effect did this have on society?

  4. What was Hammurabi’s Code and why was it important?

  5. How and why did the Mesopotamians develop writing?


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Overview of Mesopotamian Inventions

Invention of Writing

Mesopotamian Writing

Cuneiform

Cylinder Seals

Seeder Plow

Plow

Mesopotamian Plow

Invention of Plow

Bronze

Bronze Age

Sumerian Art

Mesopotamian Art

Mesopotamian Jewelry

More Jewelry

Art

Mesopotamian Art

Mesopotamian Mathematics

Cuneiform Numbers

Mesopotamian Mathematics

Mesopotamian Math

Measurement

Medicine

Clock/Calendar

Water Clock

Mesopotamian Calendar

Sumerian Calendar

Calendar

Invention of the Wheel

Legacy of the Wheel

Ziggurats

Ziggurat

Sumerian Architecture

More Architecture