Mesopotamia is an area of Tigris -Euphrates river system. Mesopotamian people used the language. The language was called cuneiform. The language was invented before 3000 B.C. if you thought the Mesopotamian people mad the language. The first people to use the language were the Sumerians. Mesopotamia was the worlds first civilization. The first major civilization in Mesopotamia was a region called Sumer.
Cuneiform documents are mostly of clay and have been recovered in thousands at archaeological sites from the Mediterranean to Bahrain. As well as records of daily life and administration, they include religious, mathematical, musical and astronomical texts, the earliest known laws, and a rich literature. . Mesopotamia was open on all sides to its neighbours, and its influence can be traced from India to Greece the Pharaoh's scribes used cuneiform script to correspond with the Great Kings of the Hittites in Turkey.
The cultures of Mesopotamia had a polytheistic belief system, which means that the people believed in multiple gods instead of just one. They also believed in demons created by the gods, which could be good or evil. The people of Mesopotamia worshiped these other worldly beings to keep the beings happy, because if one of these powerful beings was angered then the people of Mesopotamia would, in some way, be punished for that unhappiness. They believed that when something bad happened, whether a natural disaster or not, it was because the correlating god was angry at them, so they did their best to keep the gods happy.
Each city had its own patron deity, some of which were next to specialized occupations. There were also gods and goddess the rulers of the sky, air, and more, which received more attention from worshipers. To worship the gods and goddesses the people of Mesopotamia built large structures, called Ziggurats that served as temples. Inside the worshiping area of the Ziggurat people would place carved stone human figures with wide eyes and clasped hands, praying on behalf of the people of Mesopotamia. This area was also where people could make offerings to please the deities or regain their favor.
