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Early Mesopotamian
Architecture
Geographical
In the fourth
millennium BCE, the
worlds first urban
revolution took place in
Southern Mesopotamia.
There, in the fertile
valley that lay between
the Tigris and the
Euphrates rivers, the
earliest cities arose.
Uruk was the first of
these.
Geological
The Sumerians
used mud bricks
and wood
There was no
used of stone for
the building
Climate
Central and
Southern
Mesopotamia has
a dry climate.
The valley was
more open and
unprotected.
Fertile river valleys
Religious
They worshipped
nature gods,
namely;
Anu- the god of
sky
Enlil-the creator
and ruler of the
Earth
Ea the land of the
water, a moon
and a sun god, a
Historical
Architectural Characteristics
Architectural Characteristics
Architectural Characteristics