Mesopotamia+1

=Geography= Mesopotania is a Greek word meaning "between the rivers". The rivers are the Tigris and Euphrates which flow through modern Iraq. The Euphrates also flows through much of Syria. Mesopotamia is the major part of a geographical area know as the Fertile Crescent. Northen Mesopotamia is made up of hills and plains. Southern Mesopontamia is made up of marshy areas and wide, flat, barren plains Mesopotania is located in.

City-states and Sargon
These is a list of city-states Uruk, Ur, Adab, Akshak, Badtibira, Eridu, Kish, Lagash, Larak, Larsa, Nippur Sippar, Umma. 1.If any one ensare another,putting a ban upon him ,but he can not prove it,then he that ensnared him shall be put to death. 2.If any one bring an accusation against a man, and the accused go to the river and leap into the river,if he sink in the river his accuser shall take position of his house. 3.If any one bring an accusation of any crime before the elders,and dose not prove what he has charged, he shall, If It be a capital offense charged, be put to death. Ziggurats were dedicated to the chief god that protected the city.

Sumerians
They built permanent homes of sun-dried bricks made of mud and straw, and started a new life in the southern region of ancient Mesopotamia.The Sumerians had created the first written cuneiform.The Sumerian civilazation probably began around 5000 BCE.They invented a system of mathematics based on the number 60.Sumurians invented,amongst other things, the wheels, The sail boat ,and the first written language ,fraying pan,razors,commetic sets,shepherd's pipes ,harps,kilns to cook bricks and pottery,bronze hand tools like hammers and axes. the plow,the plow seeder,and the first superhero,Gilgamesh.The sumerians invented the calender by the constellations of the stars.

Achievements
Sumerians made one of the first wheels they were strong builders and also builtchekers and draughts. It was the end of the Stone Age,and the beginning of the Bronze Age or the Age of Metallurgy and Writing.The sumerians had created the first written Cuneiform.Using this written set of laws.

Hammurabi
Hammurabi was a acient king, he created the first set of laws.In Hammurabi's court,it did not matter if you were rich or poor.if you broke the law,and were found guilty,you would be punished.Hammurabi's code was a set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life. Some of the Hammurabi's laws were based on the principle"An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth."This means that whoever commits an injury should be punished in the same manner as that injury.In Hammurabi's court ,it did not matter if you were rich or poor.If you broke the law,and were found guilty,you would be punished. Since the laws were clearly written down, everyone was expected to obey them.

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