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Mesopotamia

Published on Nov 20, 2015

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Mesopotamia

And Their Rise to Power
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General Facts

  • Started in 5000 BC
  • Ended in 550 BC after The Persians take over. 
  • The meaning of Mesopotamia is The land between rivers
  • These rivers being the Tigris and the Euphrates
  • It is the first civilization with a recorded history
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SUMERIAN, ASSYRIAN, BABYLONIAN, AKKADIAN

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Academics

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Technology and Engineering

  • The wheel
  • Iron, copper and other metals
  • The Archimedes Screw used in the hanging gardens of Babylon
  • Ziggurats

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