Meso+JCP

Group names - Julia Jakubowski, Parth Patel , Connor Sullivan = Parth Patel = =**Food supply** = = - food made using different ideas = = - complex irregation systems included canals dams and reservoirs = = - plow was used to turn the soil = = - before this farmers used sticks and animals horns to put hole in the earth = = - first plow was made up of wood pulled by oxen = =**Social Structure** = = - many different levels of workers = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> - rich were priests, goverment, and large land owners- big homes with atleast 2 stories,luxurius, near the center of town, had white walls from mud = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> - common class, included merchants, crafts people, fisherman, farmers- crafts people work with metal, made materials and swords, tools and jewel for rich, merchants sell stuff and do trades, farmers living on the edge of cities made irregations systems, also served in army, fisherman obviously fished = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> - very bottom were slaves who worked for owners homes = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> - lasted 1,500 years = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)">**Trade** = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> -trade was the waya to earn materials for your city state = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> - roads of dirt caused easier traade for others to come for trade, aslo people can go to other areas from this central trade destionation which was the center of the city = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)">**Urban Focus** = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> The people of Mesopotamia belevied in religion as a very important part of their dayly activities = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> They beleived that their purpose was to impress the gods = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> So they did what they had been born with = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> The ziggurat was the center of their lives = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)">**Famous intellectual activities** = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> had walls to secure area Gate of Ishtar = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> Hanging Gardens of Babylon = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> Made Gold Sumerian War Helmet = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> Many inventions = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> - writen laws of Hammurabi = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> - water clock = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> - wheel helped with transportation = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> - sail boat = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> - 12 month calender for festivals and planting = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> - mathematics were an important field = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> - fist 60 minutes = 1 hour, 60 seconds = 1 minute = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> -360 degree circle = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)">**Military in advanced** = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> Assyrians = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> ruthless fighters = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> trained army = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> cut off captians head and made people wear it and walk = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> movable tower = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> battering rams = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> hores used = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> also continuos attacks weakend opponents = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> Striking fear was on of the main purposes = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> Neo Babylonian = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> Nebuchadreazzar II = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> He captured Israel = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> Wall was amazing two chariots able to pass above = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> Archers stationed to protect it = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> Moat dug in had water and bridges used for transport = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> bridges pulled up in time of battle = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> Julia Jakubowski = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)">**<span style="color: rgb(77, 255, 0)">Technology ** = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)">**<span style="color: rgb(77, 255, 0)"> ~** all civilizations make new kinds of technology = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)">**~** most important invention was the wheel = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> ~ they date back to 3500 B.C.E = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> ~ they created wheeled carts = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> ~ wheels made by clamping wood = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> ~ before wheel people used sledges = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> ~ also made the arch, an upside-down U or V -shaped structure that supports weight above it, as in a doorway = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)">**<span style="color: rgb(80, 245, 247)">Arts ** = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> ~ some of the arts that they had were painting, archetecture, & music = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> ~ the metal workers made weapons, cups, mirrors, and jewelery = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> ~ the architects designed templates and ziggurats = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> ~ they thought music brought joy to the gods = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> ~ they played instruments and sang during temple ceremonies = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> ~ some of the intruments were drums and pipes = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> ~ a favorite was called the lyre = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> ~ they valued music = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)">**<span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 11)">Connor Sullivan ** = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)">**<span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 11)"> Government ** = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> *city-states ruled by kings = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> *kings enforced laws and taxes = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> *maintained irrigation = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> *led his army- major since always fighting over land and use of rivers = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> *army consisted of soldiers, citizen soldiers, foot soldiers andchariot drivers = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> *officials under king = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> *Governers ruled outlying towns = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> *Scribes recorded laws = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> *Special group controlled canals and looked for damage or illegal taking of water = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"><span style="color: rgb(255, 224, 31)">**Religion** = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"><span style="color: rgb(255, 224, 31)"> *all civilizations have a religion = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> *have god or gods = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> *religion influenced every day life = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> *please gods- growing crops settling disputes = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> *built ziggurats = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> *looked like a stairway- used for gods to come down to Earth = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> *statues showed religous belief = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> *people believed gods were pleased when shown love obedience and devotion = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> *offered many human sacrifices = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> *statues were washed and music was played in the backround = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> <span style="color: rgb(246, 9, 47)">Writing = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"><span style="color: rgb(246, 9, 47)"> *cunieform- means wedge = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> *developed around 2,400 B.C.E = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> *earliest use was for trading goods = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> *first had 2,000 symbols- reduced to 700 = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> *Pictograph = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> *stand for real objects = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> *drew with sharpened reed on wet clay = =<span style="color: rgb(25, 32, 24)"> *dried clay= permanent record =

Pictures by Parth

http://whs.eanes.k12.tx.us/art/Smaller%20Site/images/Art%20History/Chap%202/images/Mesopotamia-Ziggural.jpg http://news.webshots.com/photo/1186843061042559039cwdBue#commentForm <span style="color: rgb(244, 217, 37)">http://mesopotamia3.tripod.com/lyre.jpg http://mesopotamia.mrdonn.org/Marduk.jpg http://www.strayreality.com/Lanis_Strayreality/Pics3/sumeri14.jpg http://community.ismanila.com/staff/sturgeond/Quizzes%20and%20Games/irrigation%20in%20sumer/irrigation.jpg