One of the distinctive attributes of Mesopotamia being defined as a civilization, and certainly among the first, if not the first, civilization to arrive on the planet, was the combination of advancements that had previously been developed among varying groups of people. For instance, agriculture and domestication of animals, as well as the use of art that had been utilized by some Neolithic cultures now together created a Mesopotamian culture. This and the development of the first evidence of government and writing, such as Gilgamesh and Hammurabi’s Code, is what set Mesopotamia apart from all other societies before it.
Geographically speaking this development was allowed because of a unique blend of resources that many other areas on the globe did not have available to them. Although Mesopotamia was in a very arid and dry climate, it was centered between two great rivers, The Euphrates and the Tigris. This allowed for the creation of irrigation and canals which allowed......
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