Mesopotamia, How Did The World Did Civilization Start

Civilization, how and where in the world did it begin. Civilization is considered to have started in Mesopotamia, between the two rivers Euphrates and Tigris. The first “country” that started civilization was Sumer, which lied in the southern part of Mesopotamia. All the civilizations started in great river valleys because it was easier to irrigate and plant cops in the fertile soil. People settled down and abandoned their hunting culture when they started to harvest crops. This was called the agricultural revolution (2016). It was only during 3200 B. C. where civilization really grew. There was 4 major ancient civilizations that started it all, China, Indus River Valley, Egypt, and probably the most important one, Mesopotamia. In Greek, Mesopotamia means “between two rivers”. Early civilization started around 12,000 BCE. because it took them a long time to develop a

Mesopotamia used the two rivers, Tigris and Euphrates, because every time they would flood it would make the soil fertile around the banks. Modern day Iraq and Kuwait are where Mesopotamia was formed. Mesopotamia was in the crossroads of Egypt and the Indus River Valley which made Mesopotamia a giant melting pot of religions and languages which helped them produce some of the first inventions in the world. The state’s of Sumer were ruled by a type of priest-king. Mesopotamia used there cuneiform for their transactions too. They used a barter system as well as a buy and sell system. Northern Mesopotamia is made up of hills and plains while Southern Mesopotamia is made up of marshy areas and wide, flat, barren plains. Almost all there cities developed along the rivers. The Mesopotamian social structure was highly stratified. There were the high class