{"id":3593,"date":"2020-12-08T01:18:12","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T01:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/historyed.site\/?page_id=3593"},"modified":"2021-01-10T17:05:53","modified_gmt":"2021-01-10T17:05:53","slug":"4-land-of-the-two-rivers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/courses\/centuries\/ancient\/session-2\/4-land-of-the-two-rivers\/","title":{"rendered":"4) Land of the Two Rivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Topic 4 &#8211; Session 2 &#8211; The Ancient Centuries<\/p>\n<p>At the other end of the Fertile Crescent was the land of not just one but two major rivers, Mesopotamia.  Like Egypt, cities sprang up that were independent of one another.  Then the powerful took over the rest.<\/p>\n<div class=\"one-half first\">\n.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3755\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3755\" style=\"width: 502px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3755\" src=\"https:\/\/historyed.site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Sumerian-people.jpg\" alt=\"Sumerians\" width=\"502\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/historyed.site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Sumerian-people.jpg 502w, https:\/\/historyed.site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Sumerian-people-300x152.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3755\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Painting of Sumerian people bringing a gilded statue to their temple.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"one-half\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Outline<\/h4>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/courses\/centuries\/ancient\/\">Course<\/a> The Ancient Centuries<br \/>\n<a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/courses\/centuries\/ancient\/session-2\/\">Session 2<\/a> 3000 to 2000<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Other Topics for This Session<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/courses\/centuries\/ancient\/session-2\/1-out-of-the-sahara\/\">One<\/a>| |<a href=\"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/courses\/centuries\/ancient\/session-2\/2-egypt-begins\/\">Two<\/a>| |<a href=\"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/courses\/centuries\/ancient\/session-2\/3-the-fertile-crescent\/\">Three<\/a>| |Four| |<a href=\"https:\/\/historyed.site\/index.php\/courses\/centuries\/ancient\/session-2\/5-earliest-india\/\">Five<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Further Information<\/h1>\n<h2>Articles<\/h2>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tigris%E2%80%93Euphrates_river_system\">Tigris\u2013Euphrates River System<\/a> <a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/History_of_Sumer\">History of Sumer<\/a> <a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jemdet_Nasr_period\">Jemdet Nasr Period<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Videos<\/h2>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mNkEDbZ8zF0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xVf5kZA0HtQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Topic 4 &#8211; Session 2 &#8211; The Ancient Centuries At the other end of the Fertile Crescent was the land of not just one but two major rivers, Mesopotamia. 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