*Mesopotamia

* CivilizationA Culture that includes certain elements

•A system of writing•Cities

•Workers with specialized jobs

Mesopotamiais the land between the rivers

• *Fertile Crescent is the land around the Tigris River and the Euphrates River

• * *Today this land is known as Syria and Iraq

• Bronze Age: used bronze –it is a metal made from cooper and tin

• Farming—floods enriched the soil Made good farmland

• *Irrigation System: way to bring water to fields

• Irrigation helps farmers grow crops and grains such as Barley and Wheat

• Farming also means raising animals.• Government: • *citystate— city and the land around it• * Theocracy—Govt with a religious leader

like a priest• Sumer: a city-state

• *Cuneiform: writing• Clay tablets• Stylus*

*Empire a group of states under 1(one) ruler.Hammurabis Code 1st set of written laws

Now… take a moment or two and review your notes with your neighbors and test each other on definitions