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ancient civilization
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mesopotamia
goverment: Government: In the text it said something about Ashur and Anatolia trading, growing wealthy in the early 2000 BCE. For example it said on page 40 "Their city of Ashur Began to grow wealthy from trading with Anatolia as early as 2000 BCE.". (steele 6) 
location: On page 6 it said the tigris and euphrates flow southward through the middle east. Also, the author wrote "much of the region is not hot dessert, but many areas were much more fertile in antiquity.(steele 6)"
art:To art it isn't always buildings weapons and wars that are classified as art there were other things such as music, games, and sports. These things all had some important meaning to the mesopotamians. " Mesopotamians also liked to have fun playing games, swimming in nearby rivers and making toy weapons." (Steele 26)
religion: The author states the Mesopotamians worshipped Enki, God of the Water and Wisdom. Nanna, god of Water, nanna goddess of love and war. They worshipped many others. (steele 6)
writing: Early people who lived as hunters and nomads did not need the written records. The sumerians devised the worlds first script or writing to represent objects. There were things called cuneiforms that they wrote on, it was like clay (steele 6)
architecture:On page 4 it says that a ziggurat is a massive terraced platform on a mountain stretching from earth to heaven. These ziggurats themselves had small temples or shrines on top, reached by a long stairway. Temple platforms were being built at Eridu as early as early as 500 BCE, but the great age of ziggurat building began. (steele 6)
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