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Western Asia
3500 – 500 B.C.
Chapter 2
النهرين بين ما
USA
Western Asia: Middle East
USA
Western Asia: Middle East
ASIAASIA
AFRICAAFRICA
arc-shaped area from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf:
Fertile Crescent
Fertile Crescent
Mediterranean Sea
Persian Gulf
Mediterranean Sea
Persian Gulf
“land between the rivers”
M e s o p o t a m i a
MESOPOTAMIA T i g r i s
R i v e rE u p h r a t e s
R i v e r
Euphrates River
Tigris River
Mediterranean
Sea
Persian Gulf
Euphrates River
Tigris River
Persian Gulf
MESOPOTAMIA Modern nation of:
I r a q
Baghdad, Iraq
SUMERIANS Cities: Eridu, Ur, Uruk
SUMERIANS Religion: p o l y t h e i s t i c
Government: t h e o c r a c y
SUMERIANS
Society: noble
commoner slave
SUMERIANSWriting: c u n e i f o r m
cuneiform
cuneiform
When heaven above was not yet named, nor earth below pronounced by name, Apsu, the first one, their begetter and maker Tiamat, who bore them all, had mixed their waters together, but had not formed pastures, nor discovered reed-beds. When yet no gods were manifest, nor names pronounced, nor destinies decreed, then gods were born within them.
Sumerian Art: ziggurat
ziggurat
sundial
arch
dome
bronze
wagon wheel
potter’s wheel
Number system based on 60Number system based on 60
SUMERIAN ART ziggurat sundial arch dome bronze
The Epic of Gilgamesh
wagon wheel potter’s wheel number system based on 60