https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw Give an example for each area to prove that Mesopotamia is indeed a civilization. en-us 2018-10-25 12:12:03 UTC 2025-03-23 12:02:13 UTC hello@padlet.com kapplebaum https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/296882038 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.]]> 2018-10-25 12:12:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/296882038 kapplebaum https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/296882039 The Sumerians invented a wedge shaped writing called Cuneiform. The written language was used primarily for recording transactions.]]> 2018-10-25 12:12:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/296882039 kapplebaum https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/296882040 Every city had a temple or a Ziggurat. In Akkadian, ziggurat means to "rise high"]]> 2018-10-25 12:12:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/296882040 kapplebaum https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/296882042 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. ]]> 2018-10-25 12:12:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/296882042 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298140976 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.]]> 2018-10-29 16:58:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298140976 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298141049 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]]> 2018-10-29 16:58:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298141049 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298141356 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]]> 2018-10-29 16:59:18 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298141356 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298141953 Pictures were created to depict certain experiences and to record aspects of history in a visual way.]]> 2018-10-29 17:00:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298141953 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298141954 Hammurabi made a system of laws that was "Just" not "Fair" 
Soren Vishalpura]]> 2018-10-29 17:00:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298141954 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298141974 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.]]> 2018-10-29 17:00:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298141974 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298142207 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. ]]> 2018-10-29 17:00:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298142207 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298142237 Residence caught breaking the code were punished. These codes were put into place to keep order, each crime was dealt with differently ]]> 2018-10-29 17:00:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298142237 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298142271 Gods were responsible for everything in the world ex: rivers, mountains, making bread. Also, all gods had symbols]]> 2018-10-29 17:00:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298142271 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298142274 2018-10-29 17:00:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298142274 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298142297 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.]]> 2018-10-29 17:00:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298142297 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298142606 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]]> 2018-10-29 17:01:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298142606 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298142654 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]]> 2018-10-29 17:01:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298142654 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298142931 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]]> 2018-10-29 17:01:50 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298142931 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298143071 2018-10-29 17:02:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298143071 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298143325 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.]]> 2018-10-29 17:02:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298143325 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298143525 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.]]> 2018-10-29 17:02:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298143525 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298143587 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. ]]> 2018-10-29 17:02:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298143587 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298143611 People used clay tablets to get their word around and writing was helpful during building projects.

]]> 2018-10-29 17:02:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298143611 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298143619 People were classed into different categories. First class, Second class, Third class, some third class people were not thought as humans (slaves)]]> 2018-10-29 17:02:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298143619 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298143732 They recorded important dates such as marriage, history, and other important things/dates]]> 2018-10-29 17:03:10 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298143732 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298144131 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.]]> 2018-10-29 17:03:50 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298144131 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298144191 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.]]> 2018-10-29 17:03:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298144191 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298144461 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.]]> 2018-10-29 17:04:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298144461 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298144769 People could believe in one god (Monotheistic) or one or more gods (Polytheistic)]]> 2018-10-29 17:04:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298144769 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298145033 Gods prove the religion in Mesopotamia. Mesopotamian s were polytheistic]]> 2018-10-29 17:05:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298145033 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298145651 People believed that Gods controlled the flooding of rivers in Mesopotamia, which heavily impacted agriculture.]]> 2018-10-29 17:06:12 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298145651 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298145680 Hammurabi created the code of law that used the "eye for an eye" ideology. ]]> 2018-10-29 17:06:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298145680 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298146049 Sumerians used writing to keep records of their lives, share info, and pass on ideas to later generations.]]> 2018-10-29 17:06:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298146049 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298146181 2018-10-29 17:07:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298146181 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298147324 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. ]]> 2018-10-29 17:08:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298147324 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298147401 City-States like Sumeria, Assyria, Babylon and Chaldean all had their own gods, although Sumerians honored all of their gods. 

]]> 2018-10-29 17:09:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298147401 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298147511 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. ]]> 2018-10-29 17:09:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298147511 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298147778 With writing, allows written history of a person place or thing. The ability to record events allows civilization to boom. ]]> 2018-10-29 17:09:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298147778 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298147825 There were city states, but then people started to take over each other's land and created empires.]]> 2018-10-29 17:09:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298147825 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298148069 Priests are very powerful people, and were in charge of making sure everyone behaved in a way that would make the gods happy]]> 2018-10-29 17:10:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298148069 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298148549 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. ]]> 2018-10-29 17:10:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298148549 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298148913 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]]> 2018-10-29 17:11:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298148913 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298149701 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. ]]> 2018-10-29 17:12:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298149701 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298150041   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.]]> 2018-10-29 17:12:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298150041 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298150383 city-states like Sumeria, Assyria, Babylon and Chaldean all had their own gods, although Sumerians honored all gods.]]> 2018-10-29 17:13:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298150383 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298150495 In Mesopotamia they believed in many different gods and demons, such as Adad, Amurru, Anu, Anzu, Apakallu, Humbuba, Bull Man, and Mushhushshu]]> 2018-10-29 17:13:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298150495 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298150594 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]]> 2018-10-29 17:13:50 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298150594 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298150684 The Cuneiform was made up of about 1,200 characteristics and this kept important information about the Mesopotamian History.]]> 2018-10-29 17:13:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298150684 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298150738 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.]]> 2018-10-29 17:14:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298150738 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298150827 2018-10-29 17:14:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298150827 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298151184 People used clay tablets to keep records of life experiences, wars, and preserve stories. ]]> 2018-10-29 17:14:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298151184 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298151547 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)]]> 2018-10-29 17:15:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298151547 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298151609 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]]> 2018-10-29 17:15:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298151609 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298151816 In The beginning of the civilization, the priests ruled the city-states until they became monarchies. ]]> 2018-10-29 17:15:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298151816 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298152894 2018-10-29 17:17:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298152894 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298153566 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]]> 2018-10-29 17:18:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298153566 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298153670 The code of ur-nammu from the Sumerian Renaissance Period]]> 2018-10-29 17:18:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298153670 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298154559 Depending on ones status in the social structure their punishment on Hammurabi's code could differ. ]]> 2018-10-29 17:19:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298154559 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298155280 Hammurabis code was created by a king which is part of the gov

]]> 2018-10-29 17:20:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298155280 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298157520 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. ]]> 2018-10-29 17:24:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298157520 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298162154

]]> 2018-10-29 17:28:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298162154 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298240884 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]]> 2018-10-29 19:33:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/14mh9ybgerhw/wish/298240884