1/29

Today in class we took our test on Mesopotamia. It was open blog so i believe i got everything right except the question where i needed to know what the sumerians called the first type of writing. i just saw it was called "cuneiform".

1/28

Mesopotamia
-Tigris river is above the Euphraties river
-Fertile crescent
-Iraq, Syria, Turkey
- i learned what a ho was
-40,000 inhabbitents
-sumerians created first  form of writing
-the first epic was the epic of gilgamesh, which was a flood
-sumerians created time and a calander
- a temple called a zigguret was built
-King of Babalon created "Hammarubis code"

1/22

3000-1200 BC From Prehistory to Civilization
The origins and "ages" of human beings
-200,000 years ago a human species emerged in southwestern Africa.
-14,000 years ago, a worldwide human race existed
- Earliest Prehistoric age is the Paleolithic age
-Neolithic age was marked by when humans started using tools
-initially humans were parts of migratory groups that hunted, fished, and gathered plants for food.

The Agricultural Revolution
-also known as the Neolithic revolution
-a shift from wandering around to settling down
-population grew from raising kids
-hierarchies appeared in the village
-invention of wheel and plow made it possible to produce and store food
-villagers were polytheistic, worshipped many gods
Mesopotamia is in Iraq

1/21

Today in class we made our new blogs and i was the first one done. Tonight we play @ CMW where all my friends go. I know a lot of people there and im excited to play them