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__**color coding :**__ Alex will write in purple. Caitlyn will write in light blue. Brody will write in Dark Blue. Group Efforts will be done in Red.

This looks like a plan

__**conversation -**__

i want to speak. ill find some pictures and post them on here at the bottom. i have a good idea. we could do like a game show. some groups are doing jepordy but we should do like the game password. you know, the game where there is a password and they other person gives clues to another person to get the password. the passwords could be all the themes. great idea alex! maybe when we reveal the word we can s how the picture, if u + brody like that idea. a few themes might be to predictable [ex. urban focus], but i dont think it matters... also if i get done info + get more pics, can u + brody get more pics [if needed] + start the script 2mrw? thnx! :) okay that will work. for the game show the person who is guessing could like play dumb and wait till all of the facts are done. then guess. something like that anyway.

__urban focus and food supply -__ Sumerians created two things to help create a stable food supply. 1. irrigation systems 2. plow The  wooden plow helped till soil to help crops grow.  Farmers either pulled and pushed the plow themselves or used animals to do the job.  Dams, canals, and other waterways are part of an irrigation system. The reservoirs of the irrigation system provided the crops with water.

__religious structure -__ worshiped over 3 , 000 gods in the ziggurats ziggurats were controlled by priest-kings. they worshiped statues that depicted the gods believed in human sacrifice  ziggurats are temples  houses have chapels  religious beliefs influenced every part of life  Gilgamesh was a famous priest king. He was 1/3 man and 2/3 god. He was famous because he went on a quest for immortality.

__political & military -__ the king leads the army <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> the king also ruled the city-state, inforced the laws, collected taxes, told people to build temples, and made sure irrigation systems were maintained <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> the government made written law <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> judges made punishments for people who broke laws <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">army contained both professional soldiers + temporary citizen soldiers <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> wars were often fought to see which city-state was more powerful

__social structure -__ upper class - kings <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">, priests <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">, landowners & merchants middle class - government officials & skilled workers lower class - fishermen <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">, farmers & unskilled workers <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> VERY VERY VERY low class - slaves <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> women - could buy + sell property, & handle their husband's affairs while he was away

__writing -__ <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> cuneiform was the type of writing it was shaped like wedges <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">cuneiform is based on an earlier simpler form of writing called pictographs <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> pictographs are symbols that stand for real objects <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">boys went to school to become scribes <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> priests kept records of who traded what

__tech. art. advances -__ inventions such as wheels plows & <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">door arches <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">most important invention - wheel <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> wheel used to create wheel carts for farmers + chariots for the army <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> the door arches are shaped as U's + V's <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> they were in upper class homes and ziggurarts music was important <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">believed music brought joy to the gods <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> they made music with lyre <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> lyre is a wooden instrument made of a sound box and strings <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> artisans made mirrors and jewelery.

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Host : Hello Everybody! Today we have Caitlyn and Brody on a special edition of Password. It's called the 6 requirements for a civilization : Mesopotamia edition. Our guesser is now putting in earplugs so they don't know the word. Host : The Password is **Development of writing**. Caitlyn : Cuneiform was the form of this. Boys went to school to do this for a living. Brody : Development of writing? Host : CORRECT! Cuneiform is based on an earlier, simpler form of writing called pictographs. They are shaped like wedges. The contestants will now switch places. The Password is Social Structure. Brody : Upper class, middle class, lower class... caitlyn : Social Structure? Host : CORRECT! Kings, priests, landowners, and merchants were upper class. Government officials and skilled workers were middle class. Fisherman, farmers and unskilled workers were lower class. The lowest class were slaves. The players will now switch. the password is Government and military. Caitlyn : The king leads this. This made written laws. Brody : Military and government? Host : CORRECT! the government made written laws and if someone broke those laws they would get sent to the judge. Mesopotamia's army was made up of professional soldiers and temporary citizen soldiers. The players will now switch. The password is technological and artistic advances. Brody : Inventions such as wheels, plows, and door arches. Music is also part of this. Literature such as the epic Gilgamesh. Caitlyn : Technology and art? Host ; CLOSE ENOUGH. The real answer is Technological and artistic advances, but ill accept that. the most important nvention was the wheel. It was used in many ways such as carts and chariots. The dorr arches were on upper class houses. The sumerians believed that music brought joy to the gods. The players will now switch. The password is urban focus and stable food supply. Caitlyn : The Sumerians used irragation systems and the plow to do this. Brody : Oh, this one's easy! Urban focus and food supply! Host : CORRECT. This is our last one. If you get it right, you win the 1 million dollar prize, but before that, we go to a commercial break! Brody : Hello! Do you want a levee so you can grow your food? Well here at "Levee Makers" can make one for you so you don't break your back! If you sign up now, you may be eligible for a free system of canals too. Just go to your local scribe to contact us. Host : Welcome back! I'm anxious to see if Caitlyn and Brody will win the 1 million dollar prize. The password is religious structure. Brody : The Sumerians worshipped over 3,000 gods in the ziggurats, which are temples. Priests-kings controlled the ziggurats. Gligamesh was a famous priest-king. Caitlyn : Is it religious structure? Host : CORRECT! You have won Password! Congrats Brody and Caitlyn. How do you feel? Caitlyn : I'm very happy. I learned alot of neat stuff! Brody : Yeah, alot of these things I didn't know before. Host : Well, until next time, GOODNIGHT EVERYBODY!