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Mesopotamia
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9 History Mind Map on Mesopotamia, created by binas44 on 16/12/2015.
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Mesopotamia
"between the Rivers"
Sumer
First Mesopotamian Civilization
Formed City-States
The basic unit of summerian civilization
Religion
Polytheistic
Believed the gods were the cause of all good and bad things
Ziggurat
Massive stepped tower on which a temple to the chief God or Godddess was built
Could also serve as a food storehouse
Architecture
Built using mud bricks
Invented arch and dome
Government
Theocracy
Government established upon divine authority
Kings held great power
Writing
Cuneiform
Wedge shaped system of writing
Akkad
Assyria
Had Rich soil from silt deposits left from the rivers flooding
Flooding was unpredictable
Farmers learned to control the floods with irrigation
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