S.S. Presentation by Catherine Curry https://padlet.com/cgcurry/kognp73vizca By Catie Curry en-us 2016-10-17 14:53:54 UTC 2025-10-27 15:10:39 UTC hello@padlet.com Cities: Mesopotamia had lots of famous cities, Mesopotamia first city was Uruk, Uruk was the center of the sumerian civilization, it was popular around 2900 BC when it had 80,000 people in it, another popular city was babylon, babylon was the capital city and center of the babylion empire, babylon was one of the largest cities in the world with having 200,000 people. cgcurry https://padlet.com/cgcurry/kognp73vizca/wish/131168028 2016-10-17 14:54:39 UTC https://padlet.com/cgcurry/kognp73vizca/wish/131168028 Art cgcurry https://padlet.com/cgcurry/kognp73vizca/wish/131168918 People in mesopotamia made art out of copper and bronze, one example that's not really art is Jewelry, and they often made sculptures, and many more,  they could have made stuff like furniture or most likely they made tools. They had people called artistians which were very strict and decrotive and art was something people in Mesopotamia enjoyed.



]]> 2016-10-17 14:56:35 UTC https://padlet.com/cgcurry/kognp73vizca/wish/131168918 Religion cgcurry https://padlet.com/cgcurry/kognp73vizca/wish/131169196  Mesopotamia was sorta an ancient religion, their beliefs was they believed in multiple gods and not just one. They also believed in demons that were created by god's. They had a polytheistic belief system. 


]]> 2016-10-17 14:57:13 UTC https://padlet.com/cgcurry/kognp73vizca/wish/131169196 Goverment cgcurry https://padlet.com/cgcurry/kognp73vizca/wish/131169421 There were unusual governments in mesopotamia, there could be someone who could have made a law and declare war, then where was  groups of people who could overrule an powerful person. Or some people were smart and could listen to other people. There was a lot of people who had power.






]]> 2016-10-17 14:57:38 UTC https://padlet.com/cgcurry/kognp73vizca/wish/131169421 Writing System- People in mesopotamia developed a way to write it was formed in 3,200 BC and was a system of phonetic writing, this is how they did it, they used something called pictograms, which were sorta just like pictures. Which were used to talk about crops and taxes, etc. Overtime, they developed something called cuneiform, which is a common word today. cgcurry https://padlet.com/cgcurry/kognp73vizca/wish/131170682 2016-10-17 15:00:16 UTC https://padlet.com/cgcurry/kognp73vizca/wish/131170682 Class Divisions- Some of the class divisions in Mesopotamia were Upper class, middle class, and lower class. Upper class was the powerful class, and had a lot of money. People in the middle class,  they had a good amount of money, but were not that powerful, and had most control over people. Lower class was not as wealthy at all, and were slaves for the upper class. cgcurry https://padlet.com/cgcurry/kognp73vizca/wish/131171125 2016-10-17 15:01:22 UTC https://padlet.com/cgcurry/kognp73vizca/wish/131171125