https://padlet.com/sfhurst/kpjz2ly92x3k Mesopotamia project en-us 2017-10-11 18:41:31 UTC 2017-10-14 17:14:05 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Babyhead.png sfhurst https://padlet.com/sfhurst/kpjz2ly92x3k/wish/196184374 Two reasons why government/laws are important because He is most known for his Code of laws (the first set of written laws), and collected taxes and made lots of structures. Hammurabi’s Code of Laws tells me that  was a written set of rules to follow that covered most aspects of life Influenced the lives of Babylonians helped create our system of rules- clear rules and clear punishment.  Explain why Hammurabi’s Code of Laws was important to  Mesopotamia AND why it is important today he created the first set of written laws and was the start of a fair justice system. 

]]> 2017-10-11 18:56:54 UTC https://padlet.com/sfhurst/kpjz2ly92x3k/wish/196184374 sfhurst https://padlet.com/sfhurst/kpjz2ly92x3k/wish/196201144 The type of religion Mesopotamia had was Polytheistic- They believed in many gods.  Three important beliefs of their religion were Each god/goddess was in charge of a something like fresh water, healing or farming. Mesopotamian shared gods, but it was believed that each god lived in one city. 

]]> 2017-10-11 19:39:44 UTC https://padlet.com/sfhurst/kpjz2ly92x3k/wish/196201144 sfhurst https://padlet.com/sfhurst/kpjz2ly92x3k/wish/196201410 Examples of art in Mesopotamia were poems, stories, and writing. The art of Mesopotamia has survived in the archaeological record from early hunter-gatherer. Bronze Age cultures of the Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian and Assyrian empires. The reasons they may have had this art was so they remember the things that they did, remember who died and have memories.

 

]]> 2017-10-11 19:40:31 UTC https://padlet.com/sfhurst/kpjz2ly92x3k/wish/196201410 sfhurst https://padlet.com/sfhurst/kpjz2ly92x3k/wish/196201786 The form of writing used in Mesopotamia was called Cuneiform- wrote wedge shapes on clay tablets. The people who used it were governments, merchants, and farmers. It looked like a drawing picture that represented words. Two reasons this writing was important was writing helped record things like crops grown and surplus, make trades, write down the laws, write stories.

]]> 2017-10-11 19:41:50 UTC https://padlet.com/sfhurst/kpjz2ly92x3k/wish/196201786 sfhurst https://padlet.com/sfhurst/kpjz2ly92x3k/wish/196946810 Class divisions were created in Mesopotamia because They had a social pyramid because of the different specializations they had. Each Specialization had a different social class. The class divisions that were present in Mesopotamia were: 

1. Kings and government officials 
2. Priests
3. Artisans, Merchants and Scribes
4. Farmers 
5. Slaves

• What were the rights and responsibilities of each of these social classes?

1. Lead the civilization Made laws, collected taxes, established an army
2. Made offerings to the gods
3. Artisans are craftspeople who specialized in creating goods. Merchants traded with other people and other civilizations. scribes wrote things for the civilization.
4. Peasants were farmers who grew food and gave surplus to merchants
5. Slaves were prisoners or people who owed debts 

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This is a map of the major cities of Mesopotamia as well as the land forms. ]]> 2017-10-14 17:05:28 UTC https://padlet.com/sfhurst/kpjz2ly92x3k/wish/197045692 sfhurst https://padlet.com/sfhurst/kpjz2ly92x3k/wish/197045807 Two  geographic features that helped cities settle in Mesopotamia were:  Mediterranean Sea and Mountains. One reason Mediterranean Sea was important to Mesopotamia was Helped with water source- also connected to other civilizations. Another reason this feature was important was Snow melting brought fresh water to the rivers. One reason mountains was important to Mesopotamia was created a plateau. Another reason this feature was important was Made farming easy. Examples of Geographic features: rivers, mountains, deserts. ]]> 2017-10-14 17:06:53 UTC https://padlet.com/sfhurst/kpjz2ly92x3k/wish/197045807 sfhurst https://padlet.com/sfhurst/kpjz2ly92x3k/wish/197046392

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