Mesopotamian Civilization

Tigris and Euphrates rivers

Where the Mesopotamian civilization was situated

Iraq, parts of Iran, Syria, and Turkey

Modern-day Mesopotamia

Tigris and Euphrates rivers

Where the Mesopotamian civilization was situated

Iraq, parts of Iran, Syria, and Turkey

Modern-day Mesopotamia

Cradle of Civilization

Mesopotamia is called this and was renowned for pioneering early writing systems

Cuneiform

Early writing system

Irritation Systems

Agricultural technique

35000 BCE to 500 BCE

When the innovation of agriculture and the rise of cities occurred in Mesopotamia.

3100 BCE

Civilization began?

Sumerians

Who developed the first known writing system, cuneiform, and constructed city-states in southern Mesopotamia?

3100- 2000 BCE

Sumerians

2334- 2154 BCE

Akkadians

1894- 539 BCE

Babylonians

2500- 609 BCE

Assyrians

626- 539 BCE

Neo- Babylonians

Persian Conquest of Babylon

538 BC

Conclusion of Mesopotamia as an independent civilization

Persian Conquest of Babylon marked the end of Mesopotamian independence as it united the region under Persian rule.

3500 years

Total of Mesopotamian civilization

Cuneiform Writing (3200 BCE)

Early writing system, wedge-shaped characters on clay tablets for administrative, literary, and religious purposes

Mathematics- Sexagesimal Number System

Base-60 number system for geometry and astronomy. Influenced later mathematical systems and calculations

Astronomy- Lunar Based Calendars

Metallurgy

Ziggurats

Irrigation Systems