385. Mesopotamia Outline Notes

1. Where is Mesopotamia?

1. Middle East

1. Southwest Asia

2. Lands around Eastern Mediterranean Sea

3. Fertile Crescent

1. Cradle of Civilization

4. Tigris and Euphrates river

5. Iraq, Kuwait, Turkey, and Syria

II. Mesopotamian Civilization

1. Paleolithic era
2. 14,000 B.C. lived in small settlements
3. 5,000 B.C. farming, domestication of animals, agriculture

III. Ancient Mesopotamia

1.  Northern region spread south
2. Sumerians later formed cities
3. 3200 B.C Uruk first city

1. Brick Metropolis

1. Made of riches from trade, conquest
2. Art, columns, temples
3. Population of 50,000 

      D. Sumerians invented cuneiform

      E. 3000 B.C. under control of Sumerians

1. Eridu, Nippur, Lagash, Uruk, Kish, Ur

      F. Etana of Kish King of Sumer 

1. Followed by Meskiaggasher, king of city-state Uruk

2. Warrior Lugalbanda gained control in 2750 B.C.