How Did Mesopotamia Change Over Time

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The region known as Mesopotamia means the “Land” between rivers in ancient Greek. It had a rich history, and was known to all as the place birth of civilization; it was also the home for many of the oldest main civilization. . It also became known as the republic of Iraq, Mesopotamia was located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Entering history from the early Bronze Age, Mesopotamia has drastically changed over the 2,000 years. Over the years Iraq’s culture adapted new ideas. After a series of invasions and conquest by the Mongols and Turks, Mesopotamia fell under the ottoman rule in the 6th century. The Ottoman Empire was strong, their main goal was to spread Islam throughout the world, they also realized the importance of education as a tool for achieving political, economic, and social goals ; therefore they wanted everyone to be educated so they could read the Quran, which was…show more content…
This helped them build stronger structures such as huge buildings and bridges. They rebuilt their country after many years of destructive wars that destroyed much of their land. Mesopotamians were knowledgeable people, “90% of inventions in the medieval Islamic age were invented in Mesopotamia ’’ (Inventions in Medieval Islam.) For example, they invented the system of writing and the invention of the wheel, a Mesopotamian scientist introduced trigonometric functions to the world; the first paper factory was also in Iraq, not in China as many people think. Even some of the simplest things that people use now, were invented by the Mesopotamians such as, glaze and the invention of sails, boating industry, and navigation systems. Moreover, there was An Iraqi scientist that introduced the decimal positional number system to the Western world. Iraq is the most scientifically and technologically advanced country in the Middle East, over time Iraq developed more technology which has helped their country succeed in this ever growing
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