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I PUT MY FLASH DRIVE INTO MY HOME COMPUTER, BUT APPERENTLY, POWER POINT DOESN'T WORK ON WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER. A MESSAGE CAME UP, THAT SAID, WINDOWS CANNOT OPEN THIS FILE. I DON'T KNOW HOW WERE GOING TO GET IT DONE ON TIME. WHAT SHOULD I DO? --MOTTTERHEADSKII **
 * SARA, MIKE, AND KYLE

Sara- Host Mike- Announcer for commercial, fail noise, and correct responses Kyle- Contestant #1 Nichole- Contestant #2

Podcast style: Gameshow

Kyle: contestent #1 - get two pictures for development of writing.

-- Kyle Steele: Scribes were boys who graduated from school that they learned how to write in cuneiform, they wrote on clay tablets, and sold them to people if they needed a letter or a card, because they were professional writes and the other people mostly couldn't write in cuneiform.

-- Scribes studied cuneiform for 8-10 years. Then they graduated and became scribes. get the URL's for these -Sara&&Nichole

Nichole: contestant #2 ---typed up script ---got 4 pictures
 * DID YOU GET THE URL's FOR THESE PICTURES? **

// THEME SONG PLAYS // ** __ANNOUNCER__ ** this production is brought to you by the pottery wheel it just keeps spin spin spinning. PLEASE WELCOME YOUR HOST, HILGA MESH!

// AUDIENCE CLAPS // ** __HILGA MESH__ ** GOOD AFTERNOON FOLKS, ON TODAY'S SPECIAL EDITION OF

** __ALL__ ** WHEEL OF HISTORY

** __HILGA MESH__ ** WE ARE TAKING A TRIP BACK TO ancient MESOPOTAMIA. DID YOU KNOW THAT MESOPOTAMIA WAS THE FIRST CIVILIZATION? And you call me old? ANY WAY PLEASE GIVE A WARM ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR TODAY's CONTESTANT

// AUDIENCE CLAPS - // ** __HILGA MESH__ ** TELL US, HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE ON THE SHOW

 __** Kyle: **__ GREAT

** __HILGA MESH__ ** ALRIGHT, LET'S GET spinning

BRING IN THE WHEEL
 * CONTESTANT #1**

GO ON AHEAD, GIVE HER A SPIN, ANSWER CORRECTLY, AND YOU COULD WIN
 * HILGA MESH:**

//WHEEL SOUND AFFECT//

OH, LOOKS LIKE YOUVE LANDED ON URBAN FOCUS, AND the QUESTION IS........,
 * HILGA MESH:**


 * Mike:** HOW DID THE SUMERIANS KEEP A STABLE FOOD AND WATER SUPPLY?

THIRTY SECONDS ON THE CLOCK
 * HILGA MESH:**

//Clock Ticking//

THE SUMERIANS KEPT A STABLE FOOD AND WATER SUPPLY BY INVENTING THINGS SUCH AS OX DRAWN PLOWS to plant seeds for crops AND IRRIGATION SYSTEMS to get water to plants. Leeves prevented water flow, and when holes where cut in, it created canals of water when it was scarce. Many times Mesopotamias would gather fish from the rivers or trade surplus for other sources of food.
 * Kyle:**

THAT IS CORRECT, AND IT LOOKS LIKE YOUVE EARNED YOUR FIRST HUNDRED DOLLARS. WOULD YOU LIKE to leave now with what money you have, or test your knowledge and try for more?
 * HILGA MESH:**

DEFINATLY TRY AGAIN
 * Kyle:**

ALRIGHTY THEN HERE WE GO
 * HILGA MESH:**

//WHEEL SOUND AFFECT//

//bUZZER//
 * HILGA MESH:** Artistic and Intellectual activity is your next topic!

OOOOH! LOOKS LIKE IT'S A BONUS ROUND, THAT MEANS THAT YOU GET TWO QUESTIONS FOR THIS TOPIC. HOWS THAT SOUND Hum?
 * hILGA MESH:**

IM READY FOR ANY THING!!
 * Kyle:**

FIRST QUESTION...
 * HILGA MESH:**

WHAT DID THE SUMERIANS INVENT, THAT HELPED WITH THE MAKING OF POTTERY?
 * Mike:**

THIRTY SECONDS ON THE CLOCK
 * HILGA MESH:**

//CLOCK TICKING//

WELL, WHAT DO YOU SAY....
 * HILGA MESH:**

I believe the pottery wheel helped with the making of pots and bowls. Spinning the clay while sculpting it helps make even strokes.
 * Kyle:**

Very well, but before we move on to our next question, stay tunned for the following comerical break.
 * HILGA MESH:**

Just place clay on top, start the spinner, and go, go, go!It's that simple! And for a limited time offer, we will include another pottery wheel for FREE! You heard that right... FREE! So just stop by on your daily trip to the market and pick up one! I'm Landy Rivers, here to tell you to buy the pottery wheel, it just keeps spin, spin, spinning!!
 * Mike:** Hey everyone, Landy Rivers here to tell you about the biggest invention yet! It's a must have for ALL ages. If you guessed the pottery wheel, you're correct!

Haha. That gets me everytime! Now, to the next question!
 * Hilgamesh:**

WHAT IT CONSIDERED THE MOST IMPORTANT OF THE SUMERIANS INVENTIONS?
 * Mike:**

THATS EASY, YOU DONT EVEN NEED TO START THE CLOCK, THE MOST IMPORTANT,OF THE SUMERIAN INVENTIONS IS LITERATURE, OF COURSE. THE FIRST BOOK EVER WRITTEN WAS GILGAMESH. AN EPIC ABOUT FRIENDSHIP, GRIEF, AND COMPASSION.
 * Kyle:**

THATS ABASOLUTLY RIGHT HERES $1,000 FOR YOU. SO ARE YOU READY TO GIVE UP YET?
 * HILGA MESH:**

Are you kidding me? NO WAY IM ON a roll.
 * Kyle:**

Dontcha mean, on a spin?
 * HILGA MESH:**


 * All:** (laugh)

OKAY THEN, LETS SPIN THE WHEEL OF HISTORY
 * Hilgamesh:**

//WHEEL SOUND AFFECT//

**Hilgamesh:** Oh! You've landed on Miltary/Political Structures. What seems to be the question this time?

Name at least three of Hammurabi's contributions to Mesopotamia.
 * Mike:**

30 seconds on the clock.
 * Hilgamesh:**

//ticking clock//

H**ilgamesh:** Times up! And the answer is....

Mesopotamian leader Hammurabi led the empire into a time of prosperity in the field of inventing (like the industrial revolution in the 1700's-1800's). He contributed a code of law which was a reasonable start, a tax system, and....ummm.
 * Kyle:**

What is your last responce?
 * Hilga**[[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/c.gif width="30" height="30" caption="Bold"]]**mesh**

empire?
 * Kyle:**

//fail noise//

Sorry, but Sargon I created the first empire. Hammurabi created the first government housing program. If someone couldn't obtain or keep order to a houshold on their own, they would be assisted to. A strong military was constructed as well during Hammurabi's reign. It was made of everyday people. the army prevented invasion from other city-states or helped to invade them too. Nice try though! If you would please exit the stage so we can bring up our next contestant.
 * Hilgamesh:**

Come on! ugggh. Bye!
 * Jackie:**

Would our next contestant please come down!
 * Hilgamesh:**

Hello everyone! I'm so excited to be here.
 * Nichole:**

are you ready for your first question?
 * Hilgamesh:**

you bet!
 * Nichole:**

//wheel spinning//

the wheel has landed on Distinct Religous structure. //buzzing//
 * Hilgamesh:**

Hilgamesh: looks like we have yet another bonus question.

Mike: how many gods did the Sumerians worship?

Hilgamesh: 30 seconds on the clock

//clock ticking//

Hilgamesh: Answer please

Nichole: The sumerians believed in over 3,000 gods. Their main goal in life was to please them.

Hilgamesh: That is correct! You get your first 100 dollars!

Mike: The next question is where was the ziggurat of a city-state located and why?

Hilgamesh: 30 seconds starts now!

//Clock ticking//

times up! what do you think the answer is?
 * Hilgamesh:**

Nichole: Ziggurats where located in the most active area of the city-state. Placing the ziggurat in the most active location allowed people to easliy gather there and worship the gods. They'd climb to the top of the ziggurat, for that's where the gods were believed to stay.

Hilgamesh: Correct! That's another $100! Now will you please spin the

All: wheel of history

//Wheel spinning//

Hilgamesh: Development of writing is your next topic!

Mike: Why was writing developed? And what kind of writing was invented?

Nichole: Oh! Writing was developed as business and trading grew more popular. Writing was used to keep track of deals. Young boys and some girls even attended school to be a proffesional writter called a scribe. Sumerian writing shaped as wedges was called cuneiform.

Hilgamesh: I'm sorry... that is correct! Congratulations you've won $1,000. Would you like to keep trying for the final prize, or live with what you have now?

Nichole: I think I'll keep my eyes on the prize.

Hilgamesh: very well. time to Turn the wheel!

//Wheel spinning//

Mike: Your next catagory is Social structures of Sumer. This one is worth double the money. What are the three social classes, and who are in them?

Hilgamesh: Start the clock!

//Clock ticking//

Hilgamesh: Times up! What is your answer?

Nichole: In low class there were Farmers, Fishermen, and unskilled laborers. Middle class was made up of artisans (which were skilled workers), government officals, and scribes. Priests, kings and merchants created the high class. High class people were either born into wealth, or worked rather hard to obtain this class. Similar to today where you have to have at least a formal education to earn average wage.

Hilgamesh: Oh... you're right!

All: (cheer)

Hilgamesh: In addition to earning $1,300, you have won the grand prize of the very first eddition of Gilgamesh!! Sorry but times up for today! stay tunned for next time when Sara Gon will have a chance to verse Hum A. Ruby!

All: seeya next time on Wheel of History

 __**Motterheadskii, Kyle, and Mike (that is if you didnt die or anything) HERES WHAT WE NEED. .WHEEL OF HISTORY LOGO AND MIKES STUFF**__ script stuff about clock __**--FROM Gormskii**__

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 * __BELOW__**---Sumerian Military Depiction & Bust of Hammurabi --- **Millitary/Political Structures** --- Mesopatamian Leader Hammurabi led the empire into a time of prosperity in the field of inventing (like the industrial revolution). He also invented a codee of law, tax system, and a governmmmment housing program. The mesopatamian army was made up of "profesional" soldiers and of citizen soliders. They were needed to prevent invasion from other empires.

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 **Above**: A pottery wheel, a sailboat, a plow. **Artistic and Intellectual Activity**. The Mesopotamians invented a wheel to more efficiently create pottery. Eventually, they put it on its side; which later improved ways of transportation. Sailboats were created to lessen the need of manpower on boats. This method was easy and sensible. In Gilgamesh, it helps him reach Utnapishtim. Plowing's purpose was to effortlessly plant holes and seeds in the ground for crops.

Above: Social structure based on economic power. The social structure of Mesopotamia is very similar to those of today. Being easy, low class careers are very common and jobs are hard to get; therefore rarely they are paid. Like present times, in Mesopotamia to get an average wage you were expected to have a formal education. To be high class was rare. Normally you were born into it or worked very hard. Above object may be subjected to copyright



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