The word Mesopotamia means land between the rivers. Mesopotamia is always quoted as the civilization’s fame. The languages, cities and agriculture were first found in Mesopotamia hence gets the credit of the first civilization. The rivers in between which the Mesopotamia lies are the Euphrates and the Tigris The population consisted of two groups in the ancient city. The Mesopotamian population consisted of Akkadians and Sumerians. They lived together in Harmony The Mesopotamian culture is based on ethnicity and racial ideologies. The ancient temples, palaces and pictorial depictions were to the credit of the Sumerians. The Akkadians led an inactive living and were semi nomads. Akkadians kings had migrated at the time of development of civilization.

They used to graze their life stock in the fields near to their settlements They traded for goods and also had all other kinds of interactions The Mesopotamina literature carries very less information about these semi nomads. Since the land of Mesopotamia was having no boundaries naturally, its defending was a very difficult task So it witnessed numerous foreign invasions The Ancient Mesopotamians divided the society into four classes The higher caste was of the priests who used to take care of the rest of the people. Upper class enjoyed luxury and dressed very well The lower castes used to work under the priests for daily wages. The prisoners of war were brought and these people belonged to the lowest class in society

The arrested prisoners from the war were treated as slaves. The culture of Babylon was so well developed that the rich heritage was passed on to next generations. The numerous excavations made by the archeologists have brought more information about the Babylon culture. There were many wars which resulted into divisions and thus Ancient Mesopotamia Babylon was formed Agriculture thrived in the civilization f Mesopotamia. The natural calamity of frequent floods demolished the agriculture in Mesopotamia. The climate of Mesopotamia was little suitable for crops throughout the year. The climate in Ancient Mesopotamia Babylon was usually dry with only little rainfall This eradicated the possibility for farming in the region The Euphrates and Tigris rivers were a boon for the farming in Babylon. It is really interesting if you go on for studying the scientific advances and innovations here

The rivers prompted to invent the sail boats. Canals were also constructed It is believed that the Mesopotamian people very brilliant and they discovered lot of things such as cuneiform script, plough, the calendar, system of algebra and many more