Mesopotamia by Benjamin Magrey

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Mesopotamia

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MESOPOTAMIA

MESOPOTAMIA AND BABYLONIANS.

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Babylonians made their buildings from clay. They had little stone and little wood to work with because of their current location. They lived in a desert between two rivers so clay and water was abundant.

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Babylonians wrote things on clay tablets that were made from an abundant material of clay and water. Then they let it out to dry so it was permanent.

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They made wedge shaped marks and it formed a Babylonian language called cuneiform. This was the first form of Babylonian writing.

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Many of the Babylonians kept records and time by writing on clay tablets. The kept track of what they traded and who the did it with.

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Cuneiform writing was an efficient way to write. But, many symbols and actions were hard to imitate with cuneiform.

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Citation. Writing On Clay Tablets - Chapter 6

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By: Benjamin Magrey

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