Tevion's+Mesopotamia+Project

//“Necessity is the mother of invention.”// --Plato **__Mesopotamia Notes__** How did the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers support agriculture?


 * Fertile soil

How did climate affect farmers?
 * Unpredictable floods

How did Mesopotamians cope with a lack of resources?
 * Mud houses and walls


 * **Basic Traits of Civilization** ||  **Examples from Sumer**  ||
 * Advanced cities || Sumer, Babylonia, Akkadian empires were very advanced they were doing astronomy and mathematics. ||
 * Specialized workers || Slaves and worriors ||
 * Complex institutions || ziggurat ||
 * Record keeping || Laws, which they had 282 of. ||
 * Advanced technology || They had aquaducts ||

What type of community developed in Sumer? Sumerian religion Sumerian society Sumerian science and technology Creation of Written language
 * Ziggurats
 * ziggurat
 * Slaves
 * Mathematics
 * Cuneiform

Primogeniture homework > Primogeniture means first born child. > If this law were in effect in the United States today, would that be beneficial to you or a detriment? Why or why not? In fact, this concept is unofficially still in effect in many other countries around the world... > Primogeniture would be detriment because, what if the first born male was lazy and would spend all the money on stupid things wasting it. > What would be some other options to make money if you won't inherit any wealth? > If you were a boy you could go to school and get a scholarship and go to a good university and after that get a good job. Or if you were a girl you could go get married or be a teacher. > When you have your own family, how will you spread out your wealth? When you write a will, will it be static (fixed) law or dynamic (flexible)? Will you give to only your children? Pets? Other relatives? Friends? How will you determine this? > I would make my will flexible because I want every one of my children to go to college and be successful in life and if they don’t the money that they have will be split between the other siblings.
 * What is primogeniture? Consider the roots prime and gen.Write the definition of primogeniture.