Mesopotamia Summary

Ancient Science. The seeds of modern science are evident in the scholarly pursuits of ancient Mesopotamia; however, what modern people think of as "science" was not a concept that the Mesopotamians wo... Read more

Location and Lifestyle. Between circa 3300 and 331 B.C.E. many ethno-linguistic groups lived both contemporaneously and successively across the length and breadth of Mesopotamia. Despite ethnic variat... Read more

The Priest-King. Urbanism began in Mesopotamia at the end of the fourth millennium B.C.E. At Uruk, the largest city in Mesopotamia, two great temples dominated the region. It has been proposed that th... Read more

Communication and Locomotion. Communication and locomotion are two basic functions common to virtually all living creatures. Communication refers to the various ways in which organisms convey informat... Read more

The Origins of Agriculture. The great ice sheets that covered much of the northern hemisphere for more than one hundred thousand years during the last Ice Age reached their greatest extent about twent... Read more

A civilization is a complex culture that is made up of complex institutions, advanced cities, a record keeping system, advanced technology, and specialized workers. Mesopotamia and Egypt were the loca... Read more

Mesopotamia, the first known established civilization, had many characteristics and qualities of the modern global civilization today. The way business was conducted then, closely reflects how busine... Read more