https://padlet.com/ndmckinley1/l4t9th1ngl1 en-us 2016-10-12 17:05:50 UTC 2025-10-26 06:45:59 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Rocket.png ndmckinley1 https://padlet.com/ndmckinley1/l4t9th1ngl1/wish/130208345 Mesopotamia was made up of different regions, and also the word Mesopotamia means "land between the rivers", while it has the Tigris and Euphrates river. The Euphrates flows through most of Syria, but both Euphrates and Tigris move through Modern Iraq. The rivers were important to Mesopotamia because they were the key to good farming, travel, and trade. When the rivers flooded, the Mesopotamian people were able to create dams and waterways. This taught them to irrigate their crops so they would have food every year.]]> 2016-10-12 17:11:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ndmckinley1/l4t9th1ngl1/wish/130208345 ndmckinley1 https://padlet.com/ndmckinley1/l4t9th1ngl1/wish/130208393 As rivers brought trade, more people came to Mesopotamia and developed cities. The people then formed laws and they assembled armies. This became the start of an organized government. Priests and priestesses were powerful and controlled much of the land. Kings ran the government, and led armies and organized building projects. If the king died then his son would have to take his place.
Challenge: One benefit of having a king is that the people knew they would always have a leader. One bad thing about having a king is that people don't have a choice in their leader.]]> 2016-10-12 17:11:46 UTC https://padlet.com/ndmckinley1/l4t9th1ngl1/wish/130208393 ndmckinley1 https://padlet.com/ndmckinley1/l4t9th1ngl1/wish/130208488 Cuneiform was the form that the Sumerian people used. It was much different than our type of writing now, but it was important to them because it was a way to keep records and pass on ideas. It was their greatest invention the Sumerians.]]> 2016-10-12 17:12:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ndmckinley1/l4t9th1ngl1/wish/130208488 ndmckinley1 https://padlet.com/ndmckinley1/l4t9th1ngl1/wish/130208524 People that made art were artisans, and they were in the middle class. They made metal products, cloth and pottery]]> 2016-10-12 17:12:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ndmckinley1/l4t9th1ngl1/wish/130208524 ndmckinley1 https://padlet.com/ndmckinley1/l4t9th1ngl1/wish/130208601 Upper class: Priests, Kings and government officials.
Middle class: Artisans, merchants, farmers and fishers.
Lower class: Enslaved people that worked on farms and in the temples.
Challenge:
Upper Class: Are respected but people might get mad and jealous of them. 
Middle Class: Not as respected as the upper class but have jobs and is better than the lower class. 
Lower Class: Treated poorly and they were slaves. The lower class had no benefits. ]]> 2016-10-12 17:12:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ndmckinley1/l4t9th1ngl1/wish/130208601 ndmckinley1 https://padlet.com/ndmckinley1/l4t9th1ngl1/wish/130208697 People in Mesopotamia were very serious on religion. They believed in many gods. They built a grand temple which was called a ziggurat. Ziggurat means "mountain of god" or "hill of heaven". The top of a ziggurat is considered a holy place. Each god was thought to have power over a natural force or a human activity-flooding, for example, or basket weaving.
Challenge: The Sumerians believed in many gods, but Catholics believe in only one God.]]> 2016-10-12 17:12:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ndmckinley1/l4t9th1ngl1/wish/130208697