https://padlet.com/jdbush8_2/3eugi6fcjuz6 Made with a dash of wit en-us 2018-10-10 13:25:34 UTC 2018-10-12 13:32:01 UTC hello@padlet.com jdbush8_2 https://padlet.com/jdbush8_2/3eugi6fcjuz6/wish/291229473 The first geographic feature that helped cities in Mesopotamia was the Zagros mountains were by the Mesopotamia so when the snow melted then water would go down and give all the crops water. But that also gave the Mesopotamia a bad impact. Mesopotamia is by two rivers the Tigris and the Euphrates those two rivers had a negative impact on the Mesopotamia because when the snow melted on the Zagros mountain it over flowed and destroyed the crops so then humans made levees that kept the water from overflowing and destroying the crops.]]> 2018-10-10 13:32:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jdbush8_2/3eugi6fcjuz6/wish/291229473 jdbush8_2 https://padlet.com/jdbush8_2/3eugi6fcjuz6/wish/291452283 Government or laws are important because they keep us safe and laws make the world kind of fair. Hammurabi's code or laws was one of the first set of laws it had many laws but all the laws could tell you Mesopotamia had bad consequences if you broke a law like if a house is on fire and you come to help put out the fire but steal something in the process then you should be thrown into the fire. Hammurabi's code of laws was important to the Mesopotamia, even though the laws had bad consequences it was important to keep things safe. Hammurabi's code is important today because it gave us later a way to have fair rules.]]> 2018-10-10 19:31:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jdbush8_2/3eugi6fcjuz6/wish/291452283 jdbush8_2 https://padlet.com/jdbush8_2/3eugi6fcjuz6/wish/291456381 The different class divisions were slaves, commoners, scribes, merchants, and artisans, at top class there was king, and priests. The lower class, slaves would do farming and other jobs, in the middle class scribes had to write with stylus, finally the king has to keep everything in order. The different classes were created to declare dominance like the king is the most important and the slaves were the least important. ]]> 2018-10-10 19:41:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jdbush8_2/3eugi6fcjuz6/wish/291456381 jdbush8_2 https://padlet.com/jdbush8_2/3eugi6fcjuz6/wish/291710322 People in Mesopotamia had many believes they believed many gods or known as polytheistic. People in Mesopotamia believed that only priests are the only people who can talk to gods, and if you don't please the gods they will bring down  bad things on the Mesopotamia.]]> 2018-10-11 13:27:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jdbush8_2/3eugi6fcjuz6/wish/291710322 jdbush8_2 https://padlet.com/jdbush8_2/3eugi6fcjuz6/wish/292141907 The Royal Standard Of Ur is one example of art. A lyre is also a piece of art. The standard or Ur described people farming and going to war, a lyre is a musical instrument the purpose of a lyre is to make music. ]]> 2018-10-12 13:10:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jdbush8_2/3eugi6fcjuz6/wish/292141907 jdbush8_2 https://padlet.com/jdbush8_2/3eugi6fcjuz6/wish/292148969 The writing system used in Mesopotamia was called Babylonia Cuneiform. The writing looked not really like our alphabet, The only people who use it were scribes and priest. Writing was very important because you could talk to people without going to them.]]> 2018-10-12 13:24:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jdbush8_2/3eugi6fcjuz6/wish/292148969