Proving Mesopotamia is a Civilization Period 9 by Karen Applebaum https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm Give an example for each area to prove that Mesopotamia is indeed a civilization. en-us 2018-10-25 12:12:26 UTC 2018-10-29 18:17:23 UTC hello@padlet.com City of Ur- Karen Applebaum kapplebaum https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/296882212 This is the city state of Ur, it had a wall around it and was on the Tigris River. The patron god was Nunna, the God of the Moon. ]]> 2018-10-25 12:12:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/296882212 Temples- Karen Applebaum kapplebaum https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/296882213 Every city had a temple or a Ziggurat. In Akkadian, ziggurat means to "rise high"]]> 2018-10-25 12:12:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/296882213 Cuneiform- Karen Applebaum kapplebaum https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/296882214 The Sumerians invented a wedge shaped writing called Cuneiform. The written language was used primarily for recording transactions.]]> 2018-10-25 12:12:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/296882214 The Standard of Ur- Karen Applebaum kapplebaum https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/296882215 This mosaic art work is in three rows, at the top is the highest class of people, seated and a king. At the bottom is men completing slave labor.]]> 2018-10-25 12:12:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/296882215 Uruk - Akhil Khade https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298171688 Uruk was an ancient city in Mesopotamia. It was a city-state with a wall surrounding it]]> 2018-10-29 17:42:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298171688 Lily Herzog https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298171923 Only priests were allowed at the top of the Ziggurat. The higher you were, the closer to the gods.]]> 2018-10-29 17:42:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298171923 Taxes (Zoe H) https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298172070 Taxes - helped fund the government and building projects to expand their city/empire/city-state.]]> 2018-10-29 17:42:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298172070 Brendan Callanan https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298172343 Only the priests got to go to the top of the temple,and communicate with the gods.

]]> 2018-10-29 17:42:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298172343 Hammurabi- JJ Mattiola https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298172427 Wrote the first code of law on large tablets. It helped punish people for crimes]]> 2018-10-29 17:43:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298172427 Thomas Zhou https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298172959 Babylon was originally a small city during the time of the Akkadians. Babylon was later upgraded into a major city by Hammurabi, and after getting destroyed the Assyrians, became the capital of the Chaldean empire.]]> 2018-10-29 17:43:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298172959 Priests (Zoe H) https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298173125 Priests were powerful people. In charge of making sure people acted as the the God's would've wanted. Also  theocracy, where a place would have a religious leader ruling. ]]> 2018-10-29 17:43:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298173125 King Hammurabi was the king of Babylon and created Hammurabi's Code. https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298173221 2018-10-29 17:44:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298173221 Tania Joseph- https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298173244 Priests were the leaders of the communities until monarchies came into power.

]]> 2018-10-29 17:44:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298173244 emily harmon https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298173299 priests and peoples beliefs based on monotheism and polytheism
+++more polytheistic

]]> 2018-10-29 17:44:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298173299 Carolyn Zeng - https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298174348 Mesopotamia was ruled by priests and theocracies before different empires took over.]]> 2018-10-29 17:45:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298174348 Suhanee Guglani https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298174414 The highest class included scribes,kings,priests and more. The men in the highest class wore skirts and had long hair. They wore jewelry mostly rings. The largest social group is the Middle class. The Middle class includes merchants,farmers,fisherman and old artisans.The lowest class included mainly slaves and criminals. They worked for the highest class or wealthy.]]> 2018-10-29 17:45:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298174414 Emily Harmon- https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298174716 the scribes which were official records of what happened on a daily bases, to look back on.

]]> 2018-10-29 17:46:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298174716 Max Ginn https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298174899 There were three main social classes, Upper consisted of mainly priests and kings, middle class had artisans and common folk, and the lower class consisted of prisoners and slaves. ]]> 2018-10-29 17:46:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298174899 Lily Herzog https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298175049 Upper, middle and lower classes all consisted of different people with different careers. Upper class was priest and gov. officials. Middle class was farmers and fisherman, etc. Lowest class was slaves and debt]]> 2018-10-29 17:46:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298175049 Theocracy - JJ Mattiola https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298175230 Most early governments were theocracies. A Theocracy is a government that is led by priests and/or other religious figures.]]> 2018-10-29 17:46:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298175230 Raina https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298175303 The most common places where People put artwork was on places of worship and burial tombs]]> 2018-10-29 17:46:50 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298175303 Abbey Conyers https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298175306 The people of Mesopotamia were placed In three levels. The upper middle and lower class. The upper class was made up of scribes,
government workers, priests and kings. Middle class was made of merchants, farmers, fisherman, and artisans/skilled workers. The lower class consist of slaves, criminals, and unskilled workers.


]]> 2018-10-29 17:46:50 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298175306 Jamie https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298175407 Priests were doctors, ran the schools, and controlled the distribution of land farmers and crops to worker
++not all of this is religion]]> 2018-10-29 17:46:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298175407 How Scribes Wrote-Brandon Wong https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298175411 Back then, Sumerian scribes did't have paper. So in order for them to write information, they needed to use tablets that were made out of clay. These tablets recorded life, marriage, contracts, and business dealings.]]> 2018-10-29 17:46:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298175411 Jess https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298175448 The upper class was mainly priests and higher class man, the middle class was like the fisherman, farmers and skilled workers. the lower class were the slaves or poor people.]]> 2018-10-29 17:47:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298175448 Tania Joseph https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298175599 The middle class was the largest. It consisted of merchants, fishers, farmers, and artisans.]]> 2018-10-29 17:47:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298175599 Zandi Pienaar https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298175600 After the Chaldeans conqured Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar became the ruler and taxed his people. This shows government because their is a ruler and a system of collecting revenue for the government.]]> 2018-10-29 17:47:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298175600 Brendan Callanan https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298176248 Only the most important people in society learned cuneiform, only some upper class people.]]> 2018-10-29 17:48:12 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298176248 kkushi verma https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298176276 city-states like Sumer, assyria,babylon and Chaldean all had their own gods, although Summerians honored all of their gods

]]> 2018-10-29 17:48:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298176276 Akhil Khade https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298176380 The upper class consisted of kings, priests, warriors, and government workers.]]> 2018-10-29 17:48:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298176380 Tania Joseph https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298176703 Mesopotamia was an empire. An empire is a group of many lands ruled by one leader.

]]> 2018-10-29 17:48:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298176703 Ur, Sarah O. https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298177095 Ur is part of mesopotamia which is spread apart in Egypt, India, and China. ]]> 2018-10-29 17:49:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298177095 Brendan Callanan https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298177217 Upper class were scribes, priests, kings, judges, and government workers. Middle class were Merchants, Farmers, fishermen, artisans/skilled workers
Lower class were slaves, people in debt, and unskilled workers.]]> 2018-10-29 17:49:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298177217 Thomas Zhou https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298178255 In "The Epic of Gilgamesh" it is stated that Gilgamesh was 3/4 god, the son of a god and a human. ]]> 2018-10-29 17:51:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298178255 Max Ginn -babylon https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298178295 Babylon was expanded as Hammurabi took over new cities in Mesopotamia. ]]> 2018-10-29 17:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298178295 Lily Herzog https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298178596 To build large and beautiful cities taxes were raised and so were hours working]]> 2018-10-29 17:51:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298178596 Ben O´Donnell https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298178681 Priest were in the upper classes and they were only allowed on the top of the Ziggurat. These Priest were polytheistic]]> 2018-10-29 17:51:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298178681 Carolyn Zeng - https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298178845 Different pieces of artwork can be found in places of worship and burial tombs. Hammurabi's Code was written in cuneiform (cutting wedges into damp clay with a sharp reed - a form of writing invented by Sumerians) and still remains to this day]]> 2018-10-29 17:52:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298178845 Sumerian class system (Zoe H) https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298178957 Upper - Priests, kings, warriors, and government officials.
Middle - Merchants, farmers, fishes, artisans
Lower - Enslaved peoples, workers captured in war, criminals/people who couldn't pay their debt. 
These class systems help develop occupation in society and civilization. ]]> 2018-10-29 17:52:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298178957 Sarah O. https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298179054 Early civilizations were led by priests. The priests taught people what is good and bad and kept order in the civilization.]]> 2018-10-29 17:52:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298179054 Tania Joseph- https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298179614 Writing permitted knowledge to be passed down without any sort of corruption.]]> 2018-10-29 17:53:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298179614 Thomas Zhou https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298180578 Mesopotamian people would write on stelaes, large stone or wooden tablets. These were found in temples, and the most famous of them was the one inscribed with Hammurabi's code. ]]> 2018-10-29 17:55:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298180578 Sarah O. https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298180846 The people used symbols to write and do math. The people often wrote about their history. They used  clay pallets to carve everything into.]]> 2018-10-29 17:55:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298180846 Ben O https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298181022 There was the hammurabis code which were laws, to benefit peoples behavior or to punish people.]]> 2018-10-29 17:55:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298181022 Carolyn Zeng - https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298181227 2018-10-29 17:56:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298181227 Lily Herzog - Art https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298182579 Babylon had crazy types of architecture like waterfalls going upwards and hanging gardens. Also Ziggurats were constructed to honor gods but that was a new step in art]]> 2018-10-29 17:58:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298182579 Sarah O. https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298182678 The people in the Upper class were
Priests and Kings. The priests often taught people and kept order in the civilization. Kings made rules and led the people. 
Middle class are the farmers, Artists and the people who traded with other people. The artists often made mosaics about different things.
The lower class were slaves that did work all the time for other people]]> 2018-10-29 17:58:17 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298182678 Jeremy Richardson https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298182835 Hammurabi creates the first code of law to make sure the people of Mesopotamia do not act out against the king or their other citizens.]]> 2018-10-29 17:58:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298182835 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298182916 Sumerians used writing records of their history and information. They did this so that they could pass ideas on, to later generations. ]]> 2018-10-29 17:58:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298182916 Zandi Pienaar https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298183824 Relgions emerged to explain their lives and exsistence as monarchs claimed they had the support of the gods.

]]> 2018-10-29 17:59:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298183824 Ben O https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298184343 The Sumerians used clay tablets to record their lives and their history. The Sumerians made 1,200 characters to describe things]]> 2018-10-29 18:00:37 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298184343 Shruti Ram https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298184509 Sumerian gods had power over nature]]> 2018-10-29 18:00:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298184509 Mathematics and Astronomy (Zoe H) https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298186011 People used Mathematics and Astronomy to measure the sizes of fields and buildings. Place value system of numbers, invented the 360 Degree circle, mapping of the stars, understanding of the moon, and figured out the best time to plant crops and hold religious ceremonies. ]]> 2018-10-29 18:02:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298186011 Thomas Zhou https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298186569 Women were mostly treated the same as men, but they were not considered intelligent enough to master literacy]]> 2018-10-29 18:03:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298186569 The Wheel (Zoe H) https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298186903 Carts were pulled by donkeys, military vehicles with the chariot, potter wheel to make bowls and jars.]]> 2018-10-29 18:04:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298186903 Sarah O. https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298187614 People made sailboats]]> 2018-10-29 18:05:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298187614 Sailboats (Zoe H) https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298187637 developed river travel, and allowed traveling elsewhere for trading. ]]> 2018-10-29 18:05:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298187637 mathematicians/scientifically advancing (Zoe H) https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298188807 people invented mathematics and created a place value system of numbers. People also mapped out the stars and learned how to understand the moon, which was extremely scientifically advanced for their time. ]]> 2018-10-29 18:07:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298188807 Kkushi verma In Hammurabi codes if a man strikes a free woman and she loses her fruit of the womb he shall pay 10 shekels of silver, if a man strikes a woman slave and causes her to lose her fruit of the womb he has to pay 2 shekels of silver. This shows how slaves were not valued as much as free people. https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298190237 2018-10-29 18:09:09 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298190237 Sargon https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298191867 Sargon was the creator of the first empire. which was run by a political system (AKA the government). ]]> 2018-10-29 18:11:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298191867 Art was prevalent in religious places adn burial tombs https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298192053 2018-10-29 18:11:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298192053 https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298192479 Groups were defined by wealth, power, and occupatiojns.

]]> 2018-10-29 18:12:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298192479 Theocracy (Zoe H) https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298194998 Theocracy is where instead of a government running the area, a religious leader is running the area.]]> 2018-10-29 18:16:05 UTC https://padlet.com/kapplebaum/ktoi0r4txkqm/wish/298194998