mesopotamian civilization

decline

art & culture

economy

location & language

invention

traditions

religion

contribution

social structure

Mesopotamia is located in the region now known as the Middle East, which includes parts of Iraq, Kuwait, Syria. the language they used to speak there was Sumerian, Babylonian and Assyrian (together sometimes known as 'Akkadian')

This made it a melting pot of languages and cultures that stimulated a lasting impact on writing, technology, language, trade, religion, and law.They made jewelry, musical instruments, small statues, intricate chairs and more.

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The architecture of Mesopotamia is ancient architecture of the region of the Tigris–Euphrates river system (also known as Mesopotamia), encompassing several distinct cultures and spanning a period from the 10th millennium BC

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Mesopotamian religion, beliefs and practices of the Sumerians and Akkadians, and their successors, the Babylonians and Assyrians, who inhabited ancient Mesopotamia in the millennia before the Christian era

Often known as the cradle of civilization, Mesopotamian developed the concept of urbanization. ... People learned to trade, and the concept of taxes was developed. Mesopotamia emerged as one of the first cities of the world to be built with sun-dried bricks.

Mesopotamians were polytheistic; they worshipped several major gods and thousands of minor gods.

Astronomy and Astrology,time and much more

the popularity was divided into The King and Nobility, The Priests and Priestesses, The Upper Class, the Lower Class, and The Slaves.

The fall of Babylon to Cyrus II of Persia in 539 BCE effectively ended Babylonian culture. After Cyrus II took Babylon, the bulk of Mesopotamia became part of tHe Persian Empire & Saw a rapid cultural decline.

Trade and commerce developed in Mesopotamia because the farmers learned how to irrigate their land.

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