https://padlet.com/nlabrahamson1_2/a2hiqb5onowb BY: NATHAN ABRAHAMSON en-us 2019-10-07 19:03:39 UTC 2019-10-09 18:54:43 UTC hello@padlet.com nlabrahamson1_2 https://padlet.com/nlabrahamson1_2/a2hiqb5onowb/wish/394683287 Some geographical feature for what helped cities settle in Mesopotamia are, While Mesopotamia's soil was fertile, the region's semiarid climate didn't have much rainfall, with less than ten inches annually. This initially made farming difficult. Irrigation provided Mesopotamian civilization with the ability to stretch the river's waters into farm lands. Another reason is, Mesopotamia's rivers and location in central Asia supported many trade routes. In the time of Mesopotamia, smaller civilizations existed to the west in Europe and North Africa and to the east in India. For these regions to trade, they needed to traverse Mesopotamia's territory between them. This allowed Mesopotamia to access resources not native to its region, like timber and precious metals. In turn, Mesopotamia developed key aspects of civilization, like a token system to keep trading records.]]> 2019-10-07 19:25:10 UTC https://padlet.com/nlabrahamson1_2/a2hiqb5onowb/wish/394683287 nlabrahamson1_2 https://padlet.com/nlabrahamson1_2/a2hiqb5onowb/wish/395236222 Government was important to mesopotamia because the laws protected their general safety, and ensured their rights as citizens against abuses by other people, by organizations, and by the government itself. We have laws to help provide for our general safety. These exist at the local, state and national levels, and include things like: Laws about food safety. Hammurabi's Code tells us that there was a social pecking order in ancient Babylonia in which nobles ranked above freedmen and slaves. For example, if a man broke the bone of a nobleman, the perpetrator's bones would be broken, but if a man broke the bones of a freedman, the perpetrator had to pay one mina. Hammurabi's laws were important back then because The Hammurabi code of laws established standards for commercial interactions and set fines and punishments to meet the requirements of justice. These laws are also important today because, they establish standards, maintain order, resolve disputes, and protect liberties and rights.]]> 2019-10-08 18:25:36 UTC https://padlet.com/nlabrahamson1_2/a2hiqb5onowb/wish/395236222 nlabrahamson1_2 https://padlet.com/nlabrahamson1_2/a2hiqb5onowb/wish/395244848 There were 3 class divisions in mesopotamia. The populations of these cities were divided into social classes which, like societies in every civilization throughout history, were hierarchical. These classes were: The King and Nobility/the upper class, The Priests and Priestesses, lower class and the slaves/the lowest class. A possible job for a King could be having to allocate more resources and people into their domain. A possible skill for  king could be having leadership. A job for a priest or priestess, was to please the gods, to divine their will and communicate it to the ruler and the people. He supervised scores of other priests in performing sacred duties. A possible skill for him or her could be caring, compassionate and understanding, because they are looked up to as good role models and are often asked for their opinion or advice. They are approachable and friendly, someone people will not be afraid to go to.]]> 2019-10-08 18:39:08 UTC https://padlet.com/nlabrahamson1_2/a2hiqb5onowb/wish/395244848 nlabrahamson1_2 https://padlet.com/nlabrahamson1_2/a2hiqb5onowb/wish/395258057 Religion was central to Mesopotamians as they believed the divine affected every aspect of human life. Mesopotamians were polytheistic, they worshipped several major gods and thousands of minor gods. The mesopotamian people believed in multiple gods instead of just one. They also believed in demons created by the gods, which could be good or evil. They also believed that each mesopotamian era or culture had to have different expressions and interpretations of the gods. Marduk, Babylon’s god, for example, was known as Enki or Ea in Sumer.

]]> 2019-10-08 19:00:31 UTC https://padlet.com/nlabrahamson1_2/a2hiqb5onowb/wish/395258057 nlabrahamson1_2 https://padlet.com/nlabrahamson1_2/a2hiqb5onowb/wish/395784837 They worked in gold, lapis, wood and clay. They also made jewelry, musical instruments, small statues, intricate chairs, weapons, and mosaics. They continued the art of pottery. To the arts and crafts of the Sumerians, they add massive sculpture, which they created to represent and honor their gods. They also created works of art that were meant to glorify the gods and the king. The most common material for Mesopotamian artists was clay. Clay was used for pottery, monumental buildings, and tablets used to record history and legends. The Mesopotamians developed their skills in pottery over thousands of years.]]> 2019-10-09 18:24:32 UTC https://padlet.com/nlabrahamson1_2/a2hiqb5onowb/wish/395784837 nlabrahamson1_2 https://padlet.com/nlabrahamson1_2/a2hiqb5onowb/wish/395795523 Cuneiform is a system of writing first developed by the ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia used between 3500-3000 BCE. It is considered the most significant among the many cultural contributions of the Sumerians and the greatest among those of the Sumerian city of Uruk which advanced the writing of cuneiform. Mesopotamia developed cuneiform to record and communicate different types of information.]]> 2019-10-09 18:39:39 UTC https://padlet.com/nlabrahamson1_2/a2hiqb5onowb/wish/395795523