Mesopotamia Components by Oliver Philippian

Geography

olphilippian — 2018-10-10 13:35:50 UTC

The Fertile Crescent was very important because it helped shape the Middle East.
Also, Most of the Largest Cities are by huge bodies of Water.

Exemplary: The Geography helped Mesopotamia survive by developing rivers to help their crops and plants grow.

Art

olphilippian — 2018-10-10 13:42:21 UTC

Art Can hold clues to the past life in the Mesopotamia, such as Marriage Art.
Another piece of Art is the "Lyre" instrument, which is like the harp because it has strings connected to a wooden roof.

Exemplary: It's very important to study art from an ancient civilization because you learn a lot about Mesopotamia Life from back then.

Government

olphilippian — 2018-10-11 13:10:41 UTC

Several Rules that we have in society are "Fitting In" and "Being respectful of rules"
The Reason why we have Rules in Society is because they keep you safe in the society of Mesopotamia.

Writing

olphilippian — 2018-10-11 13:15:12 UTC

Writing was used for communication and was mainly based on pictograms.
The people who did writing were named Scribes and they used tools like: Reed Tablet, Curriculum Tablet, and Cylinder Seal

Religion

olphilippian — 2018-10-11 13:20:21 UTC

Religions were named Sumerians and they created huge structures called Ziggurats.
they also had beliefs such as: Gods were just like normal people and only priests could communicate with them.

Mesopotamia Cities

olphilippian — 2018-10-11 13:33:53 UTC

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Class Divisions

olphilippian — 2018-10-12 13:07:43 UTC

The Class Divisions present in the Mesopotamia were Lower Class (Slaves), Middle Class (Commoners, Merchants and Artisans, and Scribes), and Upper Class (Kings and Priests).
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Lower Class (Slaves):
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A Possible Job of Education for slaves was working in the fishing industry, their education skill was their master supporting them out to Operate a business,
and their level of education was working all day with no breaks.
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Middle Class (Commoners, Merchants and Artisans, and Scribes)
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A Possible Job of Education for Merchants and Artisans was providing goods, their education skill was representing the middle class of society, and their level of Education was selling goods for cities in the Mesopotamia.
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A Possible Job of Education for Commoners were being brick makers, carpenters, fishermen, and more. their education skill was creating a center of learning and culture, and their level of education was farming all day outside of the city.
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A Possible Job of Education for Scribes was that writing would give you a good life and help you earn money, their education skill was using lots and lots of literacy, and their level of education was the Mesopotamian Writing.
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Upper Class (Priests and Kings):
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A Possible Job of Education for Priests was pleasing the gods, their education skill was sacred and religious duties, and their level of education was Running the cathedrals and Respecting the Gods.
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A Possible Job of Education for Kings was ruling the entire city and having priests respect them like they respect the gods, their education skill was being mediators between the people and gods, and their level of education was being in power and honor of themselves.
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Class Divisions were created in Mesopotamia because people needed to be educated in the Mesopotamia.