Mesopotamia

There were many animals.

No other land was available.

They needed the water to survive.

They wanted to build irrigation systems.

to keep accounts and records

to represent sounds

as an art form

to tell stories

It gives us a list of laws of Babylonian society.

It gives us stories about life in Babylonian society.

It gives us a list of all those who received punishment in Babylonian society.

It gives us a list of people’s rights, responsibilities, and legal judgments in Babylonian society.

sixty minutes in an hour.

sixty seconds in a minute

twenty-four hours in a day.

one thousand meters in a kilometer.