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This is the city state of Ur, it had a wall around it and was on the Tigris River. The patron god was Nunna, the God of the Moon.

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Every city had a temple or a Ziggurat. In Akkadian, ziggurat means to "rise high"

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The Sumerians invented a wedge shaped writing called Cuneiform. The written language was used primarily for recording transactions.

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This mosaic art work is in three rows, at the top is the highest class of people, seated and a king. At the bottom is men completing slave labor.

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The king of Babylon, Hammurabi, established a system of law that determined justice among the people. It was "an eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth" approach to legal issues.

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At the top of each Ziggurat was the house of the gods where only priests could enter. If the Mesopotamian people believed that the top of the ziggurat were gods then they believed in gods and that was the basis of religion. People believing to beings of higher power for help or wisdom or to answer explainable questions. Religion is cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that relates humanity to supernatural, transcendental, or spiritual elements. So the temple is the sanctified area and they are pr

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Hammurabi's code had punishments related to the rivers, where they believed gods dcided who lived or died. River gods decided on the punishments of people

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In Mesopotamia, people were divided into classes depending on their wealth, and occupation. The highest class consisted of scribes, government workers, priests, and kings. These people were highly respected and wealthy. The middle class consisted of merchants, farmers, fisherman, and artisans. Most people fell into the middle class. The lower class mainly consisted of slaves captured during war, as well as criminals, and unskilled workers. Slaves worked for the king, the temple, and the wealthy.

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Hammurabi made a system of laws that was "Just" not "Fair"
Soren Vishalpura

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Pictures were created to depict certain experiences and to record aspects of history in a visual way.

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Residence caught breaking the code were punished. These codes were put into place to keep order, each crime was dealt with differently

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Gods were responsible for everything in the world ex: rivers, mountains, making bread. Also, all gods had symbols

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in the upper class, there were priests. men and women in the upper class wore lots of jewlery like rings. in the middle class there were merchants, farmers, fisherman, and skilled workers. this was the largest social class of the three. in the lower class, there were slaves that were captured during wars, and criminals.

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There were three main classes, which were the Upper Class, which was Priests, Kings and government workers, then the middle class was farmers and land owners and lower class was enslaved people.

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King or ruler was the highest in command. Then came the priests which were the ones that talked to the gods. After were traders, merchants and doctors. Then, Farmers and cunstructors. Finally there were slaves. Slaves were people captured in war or people who could pay/ criminals

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In Mesopotamia they had a social structure which consisted of an upper class- Kings,Priests, warriors and government officials. A middle class-Merchants, farmers,fishers and artisans. They also had a lower class- criminals,debtors and people enslaved from wars

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System of Laws : Hammurabi's Law (Michael)

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System of Laws : Hammurabi's Law (Michael)

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The King of Ur, Hammurabi, installed a code that followed the principle of, "eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth". It was brutal, and not fair. For example, if a son were to strike his father, then he would lose his hands. This was extremely brutal, but it followed Hammurabi's belief. Another example was if a builder was to build a house and then the house were to fall and kill someone, then the builder would be executed, because it was his fault that someone else died. This code was created to keep order

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Thomas priests: held a lot of the power, they influenced how people acted in order to please the gods. were the doctors and dentists of the time. Ran schools and distributed land. 

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Thomas priests: held a lot of the power, they influenced how people acted in order to please the gods. were the doctors and dentists of the time. Ran schools and distributed land. 

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Had a structure that defined what class you were in, kings, priests, warriors, and government officials. There were also the middle class which had farmers, fishers, and artisans. The lowest class had slaves and criminals, or people captured in wars.

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For a time, Mesopotamia had a theocracy, meaning that priests ruled in government positions. Eventually they developed a monarchy, with kings and queens and kingdoms.

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The empires is proof of civilization when one group takes over the other. The empires are :Akkadians, Amorites(Babylonians), Assyrians, Chaldeans, and then eventually the Persians.

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People were classed into different categories. First class, Second class, Third class, some third class people were not thought as humans (slaves)

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People used clay tablets to get their word around and writing was helpful during building projects.

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They recorded important dates such as marriage, history, and other important things/dates

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Gods each had their own symbols and people believed that gods had power over them and their civilization such as the rain and the floods.

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You could tell who was in first class compared to second or third class bc of how they looked. Women and men in upper class would wear lots of jewelry and they would also wear cloaks made from sheep fur.

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Gods were a big part of the religion in Mesopotamia. Gods were thought to be responsible for all things that happened concerning weather and agriculture.

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People could believe in one god (Monotheistic) or one or more gods (Polytheistic)

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Gods prove the religion in Mesopotamia. Mesopotamian s were polytheistic

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People believed that Gods controlled the flooding of rivers in Mesopotamia, which heavily impacted agriculture.

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Hammurabi created the code of law that used the "eye for an eye" ideology.

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Sumerians used writing to keep records of their lives, share info, and pass on ideas to later generations.

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Thomas: evolved rapidly over time, kept inventory of goods and helped with taxation. 

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Thomas: evolved rapidly over time, kept inventory of goods and helped with taxation. 

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Sumerians recorded the important events in their lives like marriages and other historical events. They shared information and used writing to pass their ideas to the next generations.

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City-States like Sumeria, Assyria, Babylon and Chaldean all had their own gods, although Sumerians honored all of their gods.

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city states had political and economic control over the lands around them. each city state had aorund 5000-20000 people. They made their own goods and grew their own crops.

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With writing, allows written history of a person place or thing. The ability to record events allows civilization to boom.

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There were city states, but then people started to take over each other's land and created empires.

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Priests are very powerful people, and were in charge of making sure everyone behaved in a way that would make the gods happy

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in Mesopotamia most of the religions were polytheistic, for example they believed in Adad the god of storms,Amurru the god of nomadic people and Anu the sky god.they also believed that the gods decided their fates. For example if you were said to have stolen another mans possession then you would be thrown into the river and the river or gods would determine if they live or die.

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There were three main classes, upper, middle, and lower. The upper class contained kings, priests, and warriors. The middle class was made up of merchants, farmers, and fishers. And the lower class had enslaved people

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each city-state had their own gods, although sumerians honored all of their gods. people built temples called ziggurats- the higher the temple, the closer they were to the gods. only priests could go to the top of the temple.

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To honor the gods, the people built temples called Ziggurats, made of mud-brick and typically a pyramidal shape.
-The top of the Ziggurat was the most sacred spot and considered to be the home for the gods.

In Akkadian, Ziggurat means to rise high.
-The higher the temple, the closer to the gods.
-Only special priests could go to the top of the temple.

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city-states like Sumeria, Assyria, Babylon and Chaldean all had their own gods, although Sumerians honored all gods.

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People used clay and tablets to pass down information through Cuneiform (first systematic writing)
and it was especially helpful during building projects. It was also used to record historical events. People began to enjoy art, and places of worship and burial were the most common places to find art work

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In Mesopotamia they believed in many different gods and demons, such as Adad, Amurru, Anu, Anzu, Apakallu, Humbuba, Bull Man, and Mushhushshu

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The Cuneiform was made up of about 1,200 characteristics and this kept important information about the Mesopotamian History.

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Hammurabi's code exemplifies the importance of social structures in Mesopotamia. The punishment for a certain crime could be dependent on their position in society. People in a lower class of society may receive a harsher punishment than a person of a higher social class for committing the same crime.

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Hammurabi's law codes where not equal. if you were in the lower social class, you would be less protected by them: because your punishment  for striking a slave-women and her losing the fruit of here womb is less than of a non- slave women. Therefore it wasn't fair, although it was 

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Hammurabi's law codes where not equal. if you were in the lower social class, you would be less protected by them: because your punishment  for striking a slave-women and her losing the fruit of here womb is less than of a non- slave women. Therefore it wasn't fair, although it was 

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People used clay tablets to keep records of life experiences, wars, and preserve stories.

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Priests were considered monarch level until monarchs.
High to low
Monarch
Upperclass(Government workers, Priests, Scribes)
Middle Class(Merchants,Artisan/Skill workers, Farmers, Fishermen)
Lower Class(Slaves, Criminals, unskilled workers)

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sumerians used writing because it was a way to share information they passed on their ideas to later generations. the sumerian alphabet was made of 1200 different characters that represented names objects and numbers. they were written into damp clay

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In The beginning of the civilization, the priests ruled the city-states until they became monarchies.

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The code of ur-nammu from the Sumerian Renaissance Period

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People were divided into 4 different groups, all in which were affected by their occupations, wealth, and power.
Highest: Rulers, priests, government workers and warriors.

Largest(Middle class): Farmers, artisans, and crafts people

Lowest: Enslaved people captured in war

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Depending on ones status in the social structure their punishment on Hammurabi's code could differ.

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Hammurabis code was created by a king which is part of the gov

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People believed that the gods somehow represent the water sometimes and people that break the code of Hammurabi get thrown inside the water and they let the gods choose how to punish the people.

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The kings being present would typically show that there would be a class system because he is highest of everyone else. So if there was one ruler everyone would then fall into a specific class