HIST 1A Lecture 2: LECTURE 2- MESOPOTAMIA- SUMER, AKKAD, BABYLON.docx
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Rise of civilization religion social distinctions economic specialization arts literacy. Foundation of cities and political organization ensi/lugal = king. Epic of gilgamesh creation: ut-napishtim and the flood. In which people establish territory boundaries and develop political and social. Development of arts and in particular heir incorporation in to public sector 5. These amrkers are present in first civilizations in mesoptopamia. Geographical location between two rivers tygris and euphrates. Rise of agriculture and domestication of animals requires sedentary lifestyle. Mesopotamia highly fertile because it lies in fertile crescent (gets name because it looks like a crescent from persian gulf north to syria then west to mediterranean then south through palestine down to nile valley) Because of fertility of soil and inducement to settled agri conditions. Mesopotamia: land between two rivers tygris to north euphrates. Early mesopotamians called southern portion sumer and the northern portion akkad. Later these two would come together to be called babylonia.
