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Introduction to Mesopotamia

Introduction to Mesopotamia. Map of Mesopotamia. Map of Mesopotamia. Black Sea. Caspian Sea. Tigris. Fertile Crescent. Mediterranean Sea. Euphrates. Nile River. Red Sea. Geography of Mesopotamia. Mesopotamia translates as “the land between rivers”

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Introduction to Mesopotamia

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  1. Introduction to Mesopotamia

  2. Map of Mesopotamia

  3. Map of Mesopotamia Black Sea Caspian Sea Tigris Fertile Crescent Mediterranean Sea Euphrates Nile River Red Sea

  4. Geography of Mesopotamia • Mesopotamia translates as “the land between rivers” • The rives being the Tigris and Euphrates • Mesopotamia is part of the Fertile Crescent • A region that includes modern-day Iraq, Kuwait, Iran, the Levant and parts of Turkey

  5. Geography of Mesopotamia • Mesopotamia is arguably home to the world’s very first civilizations • Sometimes it is known as the “Cradle of Civilization” • Mesopotamia was home to civilizations such as Sumer, Babylonia, and Assyria

  6. Characteristics of Mesopotamian Civilization • Religion: • Polytheistic • Origins of Philosophy • Built ziggurats (religious temples) • Mathematics and Astronomy: • Developed sexagesmial numeral system (60 minute hour, 24 hour day, 360 degree circle) • Developed a 12 month calendar based on the cycles of the moon

  7. Characteristics of Mesopotamian Civilization • Culture: • Festivals were held once a month • Sporting events such as hunting, boxing, and wrestling • Most important of all Literature: • Men and women were taught to read and write • Wrote epic poems (i.e. The Epic of Gilgamesh) • Many forms of writing developed

  8. Writing Forms: Pictograms • Pictograms= Earliest form of writings

  9. Writing Forms: Cuneiform • Cuneiform= Sumerian Writing • Wedge shaped writing

  10. Writing Forms: Alphabet • Alphabet= Phoenicians

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