HIST 1001 Chapter : Mesopotamia Bb Outline 11 12
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Mesopotamia: mesopotamia, mesopotamia: greek phrase meaning between the rivers (tigris and euphrates, before agricultural evolution, men followed their food around. If the men planted crops, they could wait for a while leisurely. More people eating, bigger population, government to control people, and more jobs. People learn to farm and civilization comes into play. The fertile crescent (insert picture: a region that reaches from the mediterranean seas to the persian gulf, includes the tiger a euphrates river, started by the rivers, abundance of water and fertile soil so that"s the reason people. Tigris euphrates river valley: first river they chilled by. Sumer (3000 bc: about the time of narmer in egypt) Political structure (insert picture: a series of self-governing cities that evolved into a theocracy, self-governing city-states evolve into theocracy, theocracy, church and state are the same, city state: no central government connecting them. 4: slaves were conquered people or people who were forced into slavery because of debt.
