Astrology in ancient Mesopotamia: How was astrology used in Mesopotamia?;Did the Mesopotamians invent the zodiac? The temperature and geology of Mesopotamia, in southwest Asia, surrounding the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, were ideal for the emergence of human civilization to take place.
World history has been profoundly influenced by inventions such as the concept of time, arithmetic, a wheel, sailboats, maps, and writing, to name a few examples.