Слайд 1First trips of antiquity Mesopotamia
Made by
Stasia Kovtunenko
Слайд 3The process of man's cognition of the world is connected
with traveling.
Слайд 4In the XVII century in the Middle East there have
been found clay tablets with cuneiform inscriptions, confirming the existence
of the great centers of world culture - Mesopotamia.
Слайд 12Before the journey people were making rituals and sacrifices.
Слайд 13Mesopotamia was low on natural resources and they needed to
trade for many of their day-to-day items.
Some of the things
they traded were:
Grain,
Oils and textiles,
Wine,
Precious metals and stones.
Слайд 14Money wasn't used to trade goods and services. The Mesopotamians
used the barter system instead.
They developed a writing system
to keep track of buying and selling.
Scribes kept accurate records of business transactions by writing on clay tablets. Business contracts were sealed with a cylinder wheel.
Слайд 15Ur, a city-state in Sumer, was a major center for
commerce and trade.
Слайд 16People traveled from some parts of Mesopotamia to completely different
regions such as Babylonia, Assyria, and Sumeria.
Слайд 17They also had different means of transport for different types
of goods.
Слайд 18The Mesopotamians more often traded by sea then by land.
Some of their sea-ways of transport were rafts, coracles, river
boats, and gulf boats.
Слайд 19The Tigris and Euphrates rivers made transport of goods easy
and economical.
Слайд 20By land, there were only a few possibilities: On foot,
by donkey, or by Cart.