The word "Mesopotamia" means "between two rivers" and refers to the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, in what is present-day Iraq.
The world's first civilization sprung up in Mesopotamia around 3000 B.C.
-this early civilization is known as Sumeria
-the population was concentrated in city-states
-the Sumerians irrigated fields of crops with sophisticated canal systems
-they developed the wheel, as well as a form of writing known as "cuneiform"
-they built tiered temples known as ziggurats
We learned about Sumerian culture through its first great literary work - The Epic of Gilgamesh
-Gilgamesh was the king of the Sumerian city-state of Uruk around 2,700 B.C.
-His story became an oral legend in Sumeria, and was later written down on clay tablets.
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