https://padlet.com/tlcarman/h9j9cftalb2w Made with en-us 2016-10-14 18:09:58 UTC 2023-01-23 03:53:32 UTC hello@padlet.com tlcarman https://padlet.com/tlcarman/h9j9cftalb2w/wish/130844511 Mesopotamia was ruled by kings. The kings only ruled a single city though, rather than the entire civilization. For example, the city of Babylon was ruled by King Hammurabi.

]]> 2016-10-14 18:14:35 UTC https://padlet.com/tlcarman/h9j9cftalb2w/wish/130844511 tlcarman https://padlet.com/tlcarman/h9j9cftalb2w/wish/130844918 Mesopotamian created all kinds of inventions but one of the most important things they created was writing. Made by the Sumerians. Their writing was called cuneiform. They used cuneiform to communicate information about crops, taxes, records, and to pass on ideas. This is very key to our lifestyle because in the 1700’s and 1800’s all they used was letters to communicate because they didn’t have phones.

]]> 2016-10-14 18:15:34 UTC https://padlet.com/tlcarman/h9j9cftalb2w/wish/130844918 tlcarman https://padlet.com/tlcarman/h9j9cftalb2w/wish/130859818 Mesopotamian religion had many gods and goddesses. Some gods and goddesses were viewed more superior than others. Later in the Mesopotamian period, the people started ranking there gods in order of importance. Every god has a priest, temple, and traditional ritual and there are hundreds of temples all across the city. One thing they built to please gods was a ziggurat. Ziggurats looked like wedding cakes with a cherry on top. 

]]> 2016-10-14 19:01:30 UTC https://padlet.com/tlcarman/h9j9cftalb2w/wish/130859818 tlcarman https://padlet.com/tlcarman/h9j9cftalb2w/wish/130860280 Mesopotamian artifacts reflected the lifestyle, customs and beliefs of the people. This artifacts were made out of stone, shells, alabaster, and marble. The Mesopotamian civilization comprises of Sumerian, Akkadian, Assyrian, and Babylonian culture influences this. Art also  reflects this too. 

]]> 2016-10-14 19:03:34 UTC https://padlet.com/tlcarman/h9j9cftalb2w/wish/130860280 tlcarman https://padlet.com/tlcarman/h9j9cftalb2w/wish/130862898 Back then people chose to live in a place with major rivers nearby. Some of these major rivers were Tigris river and the Euphrates river this area was in Mesopotamia. There's also cities called city states. These cities often went to war to gain more land. They also had their own government. So if a city state had a lot of land then that probably meant they have won a lot of battles and have a strong army. They also tried to live near river valleys. They lived near river valleys because there was good farming conditions. It was also easier to feed larger numbers of people.

]]> 2016-10-14 19:14:41 UTC https://padlet.com/tlcarman/h9j9cftalb2w/wish/130862898 tlcarman https://padlet.com/tlcarman/h9j9cftalb2w/wish/130991454 In Mesopotamia there is 3 main classes. The upper class, middle class, and lower class. The upper class included kings, nobles, priests, governor officials, and warriors. The people in the upper class were powerful and wealthy. People in the middle class were farmers, fishermen, artisans, and merchants. People in the middle class got paid for there hard labor or they ran a shop. In the lower class there's slaves. Slaves were owned by there masters. So there pretty much property.]]> 2016-10-16 19:18:41 UTC https://padlet.com/tlcarman/h9j9cftalb2w/wish/130991454 tlcarman https://padlet.com/tlcarman/h9j9cftalb2w/wish/131253871 2016-10-17 17:59:53 UTC https://padlet.com/tlcarman/h9j9cftalb2w/wish/131253871 tlcarman https://padlet.com/tlcarman/h9j9cftalb2w/wish/131256414 By, Ty carman]]> 2016-10-17 18:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/tlcarman/h9j9cftalb2w/wish/131256414