Costumes and History

 MESOPOTAMIA Mesopotamia is the name today used to refer to the land and civilisations located between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates from 3000 to 300 B.C.E..  Throughout its history, Mesopotamia was occupied by different cultures which are studied together due to the similarities between them.The main five were the Sumerians (3000-2000 B.C.E), Akkadians ( 2350-2218 B.C.E.), Babylonians (1894-1595 B.C.E.), Assyrians (1380-612 B.C.E.) and the Persians (550-330 B.C.E.).  Considered as the 'Cradle of civilisation', the people who lived within this region are known by their creativeness, and historians point them out as the minds behind some of the most important inventions in History, such as the cuneiform script or the wheel.                            The Ishtar gate                                                                                The Hanging Gardens of Babylon FASHION: COSTUMES  SUMERIANS The first forms of clothing barely offered any coverage, as men wore small