ancient Mesopotamia
Tigris-Euphrates river cultures
Ancient Mesopotamia refers to the early civilizations that developed in the region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, roughly modern-day Iraq.
The term appears in historical and archaeological contexts: Ancient Mesopotamia gave us the earliest known writing system.
Mesopotamia literally means "between rivers" in Greek.
- zigguratStepped ancient temple mound
- EuphratesMajor Iraqi river
- TigrisWestern Asian river
- wheelRotating circular frame
- irrigation canalsWaterways for farming
Neo-Assyrian Empire · Sumerians · Code of Hammurabi · city states · Epic of Gilgamesh · Fertile Crescent · Anu · Enuma Elish · Bronze Age · cuneiform script · mudbrick · mud walls · marshlands · reed boats · temple priests · chariot · gods · astronomy
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- historyancient civilizations, past events, historian, epochs, era
- AkkadAkkadian, Sargon, royal inscriptions
- Syriac ChristiansAssyrians, Chaldeans, Aramaic, Jacobites, patriarchs
temporal period
ancient Mesopotamia21st century
Years 2001 to 2100
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