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Civilization Info: Anything in blue was done as a group! Amelia is Purple Julie is Green Donavin is red

__ Amelia- Writing & Social/Economic power & ad (for Hammurabi resort and hotel) Julie- Urban Focus & Religion Donavin- Political/Military & Art/Technology ~ If you have any extra time... work on Hammurabi __

Radio Show-- caller is a person who wins a trip to Mes. and the DJ's give the info about the 6 themes of civilization. caller will stay at the Hammurabi Hotel named after....(all that info)
 * Get images(at least 2) for topic.
 * Write a paragraph or blurb about each topic.

Caller: Donavin DJ #1: Julie DJ #2: Amelia

Due the Project Dates: Tuesday- blurb/images Wednesday- the script (rough) (good copy @ night) Thursday- final product (copy) DONE AND READY! (put together)

Amelia:

Writing: The civilization of Mesopotamia was the first to develop writing. To be specific, the language was created in Sumer. The ancient people from there invented cuneiform. Cuneiform is a series of letters in wedge form. This text was usually written on clay tablets.

Economic: The social structure of Sumer was very similar to today. There was a lower, middle, and upper class. In the upper class, there were the priests, kings and merchants. The priest or king was held in very power. They controlled the city-state. They were said to be able to communicate with gods. In the middle class, there were the artisans, or skilled workers, and scribes. In the lower class, there were the unskilled workers and farmers.

​ Hey Amelia!!! Here is the picture that I put on my flashdrive on Monday!

^^^ thx julie but can't find any good pics 4 economy Julie:

Urban Focus: The people of Mesopotamia used an irrigation system that kept the water controlled and kept it from flooding the crops. The irrigation system was made up of canals, levees, dams, and reservoirs. Many farming tools were invented by Mesopotamians like the plow. It is used to turn soil for new planting (it used to be pulled by oxes but now itis a machine).

Religious Structure: The Mesopotamians believed in over 3,000 gods. Their "purpose" in life was to please the gods. In every city-state, there was a ziggurat, or temple, where the priest-kings live and where most public events took place. The priest-kings were the leaders of each city-state and were said to be "chosen by the gods".

Maybe we should change the original plan for the radio show...like maybe have the DJ's name 4 themes of a civilization and have the question for the caller be to name and describe the final 2 themes????

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Donavin Technogly. The sumerians had a very important rule in the technogly that we have today such as the wheel.The wheel was used for help and suport while the oxen were pulling the plow .It was also used for a smother faster ride for chariots during war. Also they usedsailboats for trading in other places.The fisherman also used it to get father down steam with rowing. Leavies- used for stoping water from the riviers when it rained an flaoded.

THANK YOU !!!!!!

Julie<3 Hammurabi info: He conqured Sumer in about 1800 B.C. He had a lot of accomplishments like making the first Code of Laws, and taxation, and also improved irrigation systems.

Donavin

Donavin's Work!

The mesopotamians had a very important role in the technogly that we have today such as the wheel.The wheel was used for help and support while the oxen were pulling the plow .It was also used for a smother faster ride for chariots during war. Also they used sailboats for trading in other places.The fisherman also used it to get father down steam with rowing. and The Sumerians believed that the gods choose kings to rule over the city state. A king was made to strengthen the social order. Kings have more power then priest, the king put laws into action and collected taxes. The king even ran the army. The army was split into two groups one was made up of professional solders the other was temporary citizens that wanted to help. Some of the soldiers were on foot the other rode chariots. Chariots are vehicles pulled by horses. Kings had officials that were under him in power. The officials helped him with his duties. Governors ruled outlawing towns, T he kings kept scribes to write down laws. The Sumerians were the first to record laws. The government had a special group just for patrolling the canals and making sure the ayfarmers did what they were supposed to do.

THE WICKEDLY AWESOME SCRIPT :)

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DJ1 Well it's time for our vacation a day give away!

DJ2 If you are caller #9, you could win a free vacation!

DJ1 lets see who our winner is ! Hello you are on the air!

C9 Hi my name is Timmy from Bensalem PA

DJ2 Hello Timmy. All you have to do is answer this question and you could win! Are you ready?

C9 I think so!

DJ1 Here your question is .... Knowing that Mesopotamia is called a civilization because it 1. Was the first to develop writing, which they called Cuneiform. This text was usually written on clay tablets (development of writing). 2. In their social structure, there was a lower, middle, and upper class. In the upper class, there were the priests, kings and merchants. In the middle class, there were the artisans, or skilled workers, and scribes. In the lower class, there were the unskilled workers and farmers (economic).

DJ2: 3. The people of Mesopotamia used an irrigation system that kept the water controlled and kept it from flooding the crops. The irrigation system was made up of canals, levees, dams, and reservoirs. Mesopotamians invented many farming tools, like the plow. It is used to turn soil for new planting (urban focus). 4.The Mesopotamian was that they believed in over 3,000 gods. The people's "purpose" in life was to please the gods. In every city-state, there was a ziggurat, or temple, where the priest-kings live and where most public events took place. The "gods were said to have come down to earth using the huge staircase in the ziggurat.

DJ1: Name and describe the final 2 reasons why Mesopotamia is considered a civilization.

C9 Ummm... I think it is the fact that The Mesopotamians invented many things like the wheel. The wheel was used for help and support while the oxen were pulling the plow and it was used for a smother faster ride for chariots during war. They also invented the sailboat, which they used in trading, and farmers used them to go fishing. (technology) The other answer is military and government. The Sumerians believed that the gods choose kings to rule over the city-state. A king was made to strengthen the social order. Kings had more power then the priest and the king put laws into action and collected taxes. The king even ran the army. Underneath the kings, there were officials, governors, and scribes that wrote down laws. The Mesopotamian Military standards made up of two groups, the professional soldiers and the citizens. Some rode on chariots that were pulled by horses. The people of Sumer, a city-state in Mesopotamia, were the first to record laws.

DJ2 you are correct!

DJ1 you just one a trip to Mesopotamia!

C9 really I did? I can't believe it!

DJ1 that's right, you and a guest will fly round trip to the beautiful land of Mesopotamia!

DJ2 where you will stay at the Hammurabi Hotel and resort! a prize value of $100,000!

C9 Wooohooo! (or something like that)

DJ1 Well that about raps up our show! I'm Julie here with Amelia, we are the music angels.

DJ2 Up next is Mr. Cash-Man with another hour of music.

DJ1 See you tomorrow here on 107.5 the Class.