Today in class I did not feel good at all. After class I left school. In class today, we didn’t do much besides take notes from out textbooks, here are some of them.
Þ The earliest civilizations formed on fertile river plains.
-These lands faced challenges such as seasonal flooding and limited growing area.
Þ Projects such as irrigation systems required leadership and laws.
-the beginnings of a well, organized government.
Þ Early civilizations developed bronze tools, the wheel, the sail, the plow, writing, and math.
-These innovations spread through trade, wars, and the movement of people.
Þ Southwest Asia’s curved land and richness of the land is a place called the fertile crescent.
Þ The Greek meaning for the word Mesopotamia is “Land between the rivers”
- The rivers framing Mesopotamia are the Tigris river and the Euphrates river.
Þ The Tigris and Euphrates rivers flood Mesopotamia at least once a year.
-As the flood water receded it leaves a thick bed of mud.
Þ The Hammurabis code held people responsible for their actions.
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