It is Important to know about Mesopotamia because wouldn't you wanna know what happened way before you and your family was born and what they went threw and the way they did all there things and what they did for fun and what there punishment was , why would they get there punishments.we also use what they use and we are r liable using what they made .
Merchants used several different methods for transporting their goods depending on what they were transporting. , so they could be transported on foot or a donkey
political ~
Some Babylonian merchants worked all the time . trading goods with the people who lived within a city or the close villages . Their loads was small and were carried in sacks on their backs. For big loads, a piece of cloth was wrapped around the goods, then the ends of the cloth were attached at the forehead. Heavier goods could be strapped on to a pallet.
Sling bags were mainly used by people who were trading local goods.they used this to carry tons of weight
Sling bags were mainly used by people who were trading local goods.they used this to carry tons of weight
religion ~
Mesopotamian mythology suggests a number of gods and goddesses. Gods represented places and powers in ancient Mesopotamia. Priests were an important part of the Mesopotamian social structure. Temples could be found anywhere in the city.
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Enlil was the god of the air and the storms. Enlil produced storms or stopped them in order to help men. Enki was the god of water and the earth. Enki was also the patron of wisdom. The goddess of love and war was Inanna.
Sometimes, gods represented certain places. Ashur was the patron god of Assyria and Marduk of Babylon. Enki was associated with the city of Eridu. Dingir was the Sumerian name for the gods and they were called as ilu in Akkadian language.
Sometimes, gods represented certain places. Ashur was the patron god of Assyria and Marduk of Babylon. Enki was associated with the city of Eridu. Dingir was the Sumerian name for the gods and they were called as ilu in Akkadian language.
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Adad is the god of storms. He is usually shown carrying a lighting fork, symbolising his power over the storm forces of nature.
The Babylonian and Assyrian god Adad was known to the Sumerians as Ishkur and is often shown with a lion-dragon or bull. Adad's wife was the goddess Shala.
The Babylonian and Assyrian god Adad was known to the Sumerians as Ishkur and is often shown with a lion-dragon or bull. Adad's wife was the goddess Shala.
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intellectual~
Mesopotamians was the invention of writing by the Sumerians. Go here to learn more about Sumerian writing. With the invention of writing came the first recorded laws called Hammurabi's Code as well as the first major piece of literature called the Epic Tale of Gilgamesh.
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technology ~
With the help of farming, Farmers raised grain, fruit, vegetables, and barn yard animals. Farmers changed their houses from reed house to brick houses. They plowed ground with stone hoes. The metal plows had a funnel shape. They filled containers with seeds. Cows would pull plow seed and the seeds would go into the ground. This method was quick and easy.
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The chariot was the first transportation that you did by your self , it's all been used for war . The structure of earliest chariot was made of light wood with a bent wood rim.
The first chariot appeared around 3200 BC in Mesopotamia. This form of chariot was used in most every civilization until they made motors transportation came into existence. If you had a chariot you was a upper class person .
The first chariot appeared around 3200 BC in Mesopotamia. This form of chariot was used in most every civilization until they made motors transportation came into existence. If you had a chariot you was a upper class person .
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The first wheel wasn’t used for transportation. The first wheel was used around 3,500 BC
Even though the wheel is believed to have first aroind in Ancient Mesopotamia, the oldest wheel named “Ljubljana Marshes Wheel” was found in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia in 2002, and dates 5,150 years back.
The wheel was not only used for the transportation purposes. The invention of the chariot and other important inventions in history was based on the invention of the wheel.
Even though the wheel is believed to have first aroind in Ancient Mesopotamia, the oldest wheel named “Ljubljana Marshes Wheel” was found in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia in 2002, and dates 5,150 years back.
The wheel was not only used for the transportation purposes. The invention of the chariot and other important inventions in history was based on the invention of the wheel.
http://www.ancienthistorylists.com/mesopotamia-history/top-11-inventions-and-discoveries-of-mesopotamia/
Environment~
Flooding was a problem .Mesopotamia is derived from its Greek form ?es?p?taµ?a which in turn refers to land between rivers. Located between the Tigris and Euphrates, Mesopotamia had every reason to become one of the most popular civilizations of all times.
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