Mesopotamian civilization

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Mesopotamian_civilization

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	ancient people
gptkbp:contributedTo	gptkb:astronomy gptkb:law gptkb:literature gptkb:mathematics
gptkbp:developedAlong	gptkb:Tigris_River gptkb:Euphrates_River
gptkbp:famousFor	gptkb:Epic_of_Gilgamesh
gptkbp:firstEmpire	gptkb:Akkadian_Empire
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Mesopotamian civilization
gptkbp:knownFor	gptkb:Code_of_Hammurabi city-states cuneiform writing ziggurats
gptkbp:language	Akkadian Assyrian Babylonian Sumerian
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:Fertile_Crescent gptkb:Mesopotamia
gptkbp:mainCrops	irrigation
gptkbp:mainDeity	gptkb:Anu gptkb:Enlil gptkb:Inanna gptkb:Ishtar gptkb:Marduk
gptkbp:majorCity	gptkb:Babylon gptkb:Ur gptkb:Uruk gptkb:Eridu gptkb:Lagash gptkb:Nippur
gptkbp:notableInvention	gptkb:event gptkb:ship plow wheel sexagesimal system
gptkbp:notableRuler	gptkb:Nebuchadnezzar_II gptkb:Hammurabi gptkb:Sargon_of_Akkad
gptkbp:period	c. 3500 BCE – 539 BCE
gptkbp:regionToday	gptkb:Iraq gptkb:Kuwait gptkb:Syria gptkb:Turkey
gptkbp:religion	mythology
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Persian_Empire
gptkbp:writingMaterial	clay tablets
gptkbp:writingSystem	cuneiform
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Ancient_Egyptian_civilization gptkb:Mediterranean_civilizations gptkb:Elamite_civilization gptkb:Hittite_civilization gptkb:ancient_Egyptian_civilization
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6