- Bordered by two rivers which made the land fertile.
- Mesopotamia is thought to be the birth place of civilization.
- Mesopotamia was ruled by 3 great Empires. The Sumers, Baylonians, and Assyrians.
- One great ruler from these empires was Sargon.
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They ate daily meals of fruits, vegetables, spices, meats, including
fish, pork and goat.
Egypt was the main trading partner.
- Egypt gave Mesopotamia gold in exchange for wood.
- They had four currencies with a standard value, these currencies were used to pay for
things.
- Currencies were the medium of exchange and a means of accumulating wealth
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- They developed multiplication.
- They invented the military draft.
- They invented the composite bow made up of animal horn, sinew and flexible wood.
- In 607 BC, they began to develop standards for the serious study of astronomy.
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