Blog 15

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Today in Western Civ, we went over the test in Mesopotamia and took notes on it. Some notes we took to review the test;
-cuneiform; earliest form of writing
-fertile crescent- Euphrates and Tigris river flooded and left really good soil from farming and water. made up of modern day Syria, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Turkey
- city-state; government set up to rule a particular city and surrounding areas
- dynasty; rulers are family
- cultural diffusion- spreading of cultures beliefs, ideas, and practices
-irrigation; control water to people
-polytheism- belief in multiple Gods
-monarchy- government where one king rules
-Ziggurat- place of worship- also a city hall
-Silt- rich soil from flooding
- Gilgamesh- King the epic story told about a big flood
- Paleolithic (old age) hunters and gathers
- neolithic (New Stone Age)- new tools- beginning of agriculture

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