History of Mesopotamia

Question 1

Mesopotamia

Answer 1

• region in southwestern Asia where the world’s earliest civilization developed
• land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
• area that is now eastern Syria, southeastern Turkey, and most of Iraq
• was the centre of a culture whose influence extended throughout the Middle East and as far as the Indus valley, Egypt, and the Mediterranean
• comes from Greek, meaning “between rivers”
• first writing system
• part of Fertile Crescent
• came to end in early 4th century BC

Question 2

civilizations arose on Fertile Crescent as people

Answer 2

• had writing
• settled in permanent villages
• planted their own food
• domesticated animals
• specialized in their jobs