Mesopotamia+8

=Geography=

The name Mesopotamia means land between the rivers. The rivers are the Euphrates and Tigris which flow through modern Iraq. Each area has its own natural geography which affected the way people lived. Northern Mesopotamia is basically all hills and plains. The land is pretty fertile, because of the occasional rains, rivers and streams flowing through the mountains. Southern Mesopotamia is made up of marshy areas, wide flat barren plaines.Cities were made surrounding the rivers that flow throughtout the the region.

**Sumerians**
The Sumerians were the first ones to establish the first civillization known in the world. No one knows exactly where the Sumerians came from, although there is a theory that they might of come from the Zargos Mountains but in anyway settled in Southern Mesopotamia and became known as Sumer. Sumerians believed that humans were put upon the earth to serve the gods. Sumerians city-state consisted homes and buildings around central temple.

**Achievements**
The people of Mesopotamia had many achievements. One of those was achievments was the wheel & the plow. Also a type of writing called cunieform.

==**Hammurabi: Hammurabi was a babylonian ruler who did something that no one else ever did. He made a set of 282 laws. These laws dealt with practically ever part of daily life. These laws are what influenced some modern day laws also. There were laws on everything from trade,loans,and theft to marriage,injury,and murder**This page was created by Angel,Angelica,George,James,Sarah==