Mespotamia
The Five Greatest Achievments of Mesopotamia
Agriculture of Mesopotamia- Achievement #1
- Every year, the flooding of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers helped the soil
- The soil in Mesopotamia was rich with silt and very healthy
- The people of Mesopotamia were one of the first to use irrigation
- Irrigation had an impact on the Mesopotamian people, because it helped the crops live, which helped them survive
- Irrigation and Agriculture have impacted us today by the way we do things and the ways we farm
Tecnology/ Inventions of Mesopotamia- Achievement #2
- One of the greatest inventions of Mesopotamia was plumbing
- Another invention of Mesopotamia was writing or pictograms, used to communicate information of crops and taxes
- Inventions of the Mesopotamians has impacted us by giving us a new way of communication
Math/Astrology- Achievement #3
- Mesopotamians created the Babylonian calendar
- This calendar had twelve months and 354 days
- Created different symbols for numbers
- When Mesopotamians came up with the numbers, there was no zero
Medicine- Achievment #4
- People wrote about medicine on cuneiform tablets, which people used to communicate back then
- With certain illnesses, people would blame god for the cause
- People would use plants to heal illnesses
- Although thoughts on how illnesses occur, people still some of the same ideas about medicine as the Mesopotamians did
Architecture- Achievement #5
- Instead of building pyramids or temples for their gods, people built ziggurats
- People built them out of adobe/ mud brick
- The ziggurats were built very high, so people could pray closer to god
- Today, people have learned how people built the ziggurats and are learning more about them