Ancient Mesopotamia Facts

Facts About Ancient Mesopotamia

• Mesopotamia is the oldest human civilization known to mankind. 
• The people that lived in Ancient Mesopotamia were known as the Sumerians. 
• The word Mesopotamia means land between two rivers. The Euphrates and the Tigris Rivers.
• The Sumerians wrote in clay tablets and were the first to invent a way of writing known as Cuneiform Style.
• The Ancient Sumerians had a polytheistic society. They worshiped many Gods.
• The Ancient Sumerians built Ziggurats in the center of their cities to worship their Gods. Ziggurats were pyramid like structures that were very high.