MESOPOTAMIA By: Rolan Hess. GEOGRAPHY  a larger arc of land know as the ferities  Tigris stands for the land between the river because its in between.

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MESOPOTAMIA By: Rolan Hess

GEOGRAPHY  a larger arc of land know as the ferities  Tigris stands for the land between the river because its in between two rivers  Its very sunny most of the time and gets a lot of water

FAMILY AND KIN  There were a lot of widows because husband died in war  Kids had to respect parents because if they didn’t the kids would get a bad punishment  Parents would own slaves and clans

POLITICAL ORGANIZATION FFirst civilization it had kings, and military conflicts EEmpires broke into city's states and kingdoms TThere are 282 laws in in Mesopotamia and if you break a law you have a serious punishments

COMMUNICATION  The Sumerian king list is a ancient list of kings  First civilization to use writing to communicate  They had a number count

ECONOMICS  They had business contracts  They got paid bills

TECHNOLOGY  The had shields and swords and weapons  They had strong tools  They used smart tools

BELIEFS AND RITUALS  Worshiped gods  They had a moon gods  They had a god who lived in the sky

EDUCATION Mesopotamian had math They measured shapes Multiplication was in math also

CREATIVE EXPRESSION  Pottery art work  They used clay

FOOD  Famers depend on water from Tigris  They had crops  Settlers had food

CLOTHING  Shirts made out of wool  Shawls  belt

SHELTER  Flat roofs  Brick homes  village/ the first cities

THE END  THIS IS THE END