Mesopotamia-Beginning of Human Civilization

 

Mesopotamia-Beginning of Human Civilization

The word “Mesopotamia” is formed from the ancient words “meso,” meaning in the middle of, and “potamos,” meaning river. it is a region of southwest Asia in the Euphrates and Tigris river system, an area which is today in Iraq, turkey. their climate and geography conditions benefitted to host the beginnings of human civilization.


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its history is marked to be the birthplace of agriculture, mathematics, government, and wheels and moved us from prehistory to history.Mesopotamia was one of the oldest civilizations and also one of the long-lasting. it first began with the Sumerians in 3500 BC, followed by Akkadians in 2330 BC succeeded by the Amorites in 2000-1595 BC, after this time this civilization went into decline, coming to an end around 700 BC

Mesopotamian art

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It was created primarily for worship and personal use that included everyday items like pottery and weapons and status symbols like jewelry. popular materials used to create arts were clay, precious metals, precious stones, and shells. One of the earliest examples of metalwork in art comes from southern Mesopotamia, a silver statuette of a kneeling bull from 3000 B.C. Before this, painted ceramics and limestone were the most common art forms.

one fundamental intention of Mesopotamian art was to honor the gods and goddesses who ruled over the different aspects of nature.

ziggurat


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the central place of worship in Mesopotamia was the ziggurat. a pyramidal stepped temple tower that is an architectural and religious structure with stairs leading to an altar where worshipers elevate themselves closer to heaven.  a core of mud-brick was used to build a ziggurat and the exterior was covered with baked brick.

Ishtar gate

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The enormous burnt-brick entryway located over the main thoroughfare in the ancient city of Babylon (now in Iraq). it was more than 38 feet (12 meters) high. blue glazed bricks were used for construction and the gate was decorated with glazed brick reliefs, in tiers, of dragons and young bulls.

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The importance that Mesopotamian gave to the art is very clear when you see the code of humarabi, the set of rules or guidelines which the ruler hamurabi intended for the subjects to follow was presented in artistic forms. the codes tell us that Mesopotamians had an eye for an eye system of justice.it may not be wrong to say that the Mesopotamians attempted to glorify everything through artistic representation.

Mesopotamia left an artistic legacy of stepped pyramid ziggurat, historical murals, and monumental sculptures.



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