Description

Along with Egypt the cultural and geographic region known as Mesopotamia was home to some of the worlds earliest civilizations and also the first known form of writing cuneiform Many different ethnic groups vied for power in ancient Mesopotamia over the course of antiquity spanning about 3000 years and many of them spoke different languages Despite these differences the people in Mesopotamia shared many cultural attributes including similar religious practices a common art and architecture style and a shared use of the cuneiform script