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Commentary: (Thought this was kind of needed.)

thanks guys for taking //** MY **// picture that //** I **//  made and not even siting me. haha.I see how it is<3 -Sara Sorry guys gonna have to steal this 2---Amelia vvvv

Nice job colin and Jackie ^_^ -Erk

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^that's my stick figure :D-Erk

End commentary (just move this down if your commenting)  **Colin** - jeapordy themes, host script, development of writing and artifacts. → Don't forget!!!! **Jackie** - commercial script, urban focus, military and politics.
 * Erik** -get all pictures, social structures and __religious structure__ . → don't forget Erik. All right :P

​ Comercial: Enjoy pottery but don't like the aggravation you get when your pot doesn't come out perfect. Introducing the wheel. It keeps your pots smooth and, well, PERFECT! You can even attach it to your plow. Still don't think you can use the wheel? Well think again. You can buy it at a cheap price and then just trade it for say silver or GOLD!!!!!! The wheel, on sale now for only a sack of barley. See your local merchant for details. **__//Better???//__** nice i like that. Me too, maybe should add more things that it can be traded for or say that you can barter for it so it's not limited to 1 item.

Colin: Heeelllloooo!!!!! We are back.I am Colin Taylor and we are here with our last round of the night. Lets go to our contestants and see if they are ready.Jackie are you ready?

Jackie: Yes Colin i am ready.

Colin: Erik are you ready?

Erik: Yeah I am ready to go!

Colin: OK Your first question is... Question: Explain the military/political structure.

Colin: Erik you buzzed in first what is your answer.

Erik:Well at first Sargon I was the ruler. He was the king of Akkad but then conquered all of the city-states, making the first empire. He made Akkadian became the main language. After 50 years Sargon I died. After his death, the empire became their own city-states again. Later, Hummurabi of Babylon turned into the new ruler of the empire. He made a lot of changes to Mesopatamia. He created a "Code of Law" which covered almost everything in daily life. This stated that all people will be treated equally and will be punished fairly. He also improved irrigation systems, made a tax system, and created government housing.

Colin: Ok that is correct now for your bonus question. Give examples for the urban focus of Mesopotamia.

Erik: Well the two rivers, Euphrates and Tigris, give Sumer and other city-states a stable food supply; they can use it to irragate their crops and they can get fish and other foods from it. They can use the soil from the rivers and the plows they created to fertilize the crops. Bricks can be made from the clay found there too. Most people used these sun-dried bricks to build their homes. Colin:That is also correct. Here is your next question.
 * What is Mesopotamia's form of writing?

Colin: Jackie you buzzed in first now go ahead and tell us your answer

Jackie:Well Colin i believe the answer is Cuneiform.

Colin: that is correct now here is your bonus question. Bonus Question: Give details about its development. Also give facts.

Jackie:2400BCE it was created. It is made up of over 600 shapes called wedges. They used cuneiform for recording information like for trade. They had no paper so they recorded it on clay tablets.**

Colin: That was a great answer. You two are on fire!!! Here is your next question. Name 3 different types of artistic and intellectual activities of Mesopotamia. Explain each of them.

Colin:Erik You buzzed in first what is your answer.

Erik:The wheel was created and used for pottery. It also influenced transportation throughout the world. The lyre developed music within Sumer. People believed that music brought joy to the gods. The last and most important one is the epic, //Gilgamesh//. It is about how Gilgamesh learned about becoming immortal by being compassionate to people, to his people. This was actually the first book ever created. It was origanally created in Cuneiform but was then translated into many different languages.

Colin: that is correct now here is your finale question. It all comes down to this we are all tied up you both have 5 points each. Explain the social structure. Jackie u buzzed in first what is your answer.

Jackie:The upper class was mostly priests and merchants. A few government officals were considered high class as well. The middle class was artisans, or skilled workers, most government officals and scribes, the masters of Cuneiform. The lower class was fisherman, farmers, unskilled workers, and slaves.

Colin: that is correct!!! we are still tied. we are all out of time. We will have to go to the tie breaker. You each will explain the religion. Erik, you can go first. Erik: Well I don't really know much. I know that their temple was called a ziggurat??? Jackie: There is a lot more to their religion then that. They believed that all the nature on earth was ruled by a god. They believed that EVERYTHING had a god. Because of it, they had over 3,000 gods. The ziggurat was where they worshiped them. The ziggurat was home to the priests and the gods. Many believed that the stairs in the center was so that the gods could descend from heaven. Their lives were surrounded around their gods, their one goal in life was to please them.

Colin: We have a winner. Congratulations, Jackie!!! We will see everyone next week on Mesopotamia Game of knowledge!!!!

Im not sure how to actually get the images on here cause I use a Windows XP, no Mac :[, ill see if i can do it while we're in class but I can post the sites their on and the specific files- Erik :D All you do is press the picture icon in the EDITOR. I'll help you with it tom. Teh epic files of mesopotamian st00f: (The epic files of mesopotamian stuff) :P :]

Had to do this kind of late for personal reasons. Not just because i was watching Scrubs and The Office >_>

Can't really find images for social class, can we discuss this soon?

OMG my browser went down and completely crashed when i was doing this but it saved the draft on it's own and I was able to keep doing it :D:D:D:D:D:D

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[] www.theosociety.org/.../ 53-03-4/s3onhy.jpg

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[] seekonk.sharpschool.com/.../ MESO3.JPG

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[] historel.tripod.com/ orient/sargon.jpg

[] www.qacps.k12.md.us/.../ CriseT/Hammurabi.jpg

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[] www.iraqwho.com/.../ UR2600BC_GOLDEN_LYRE.jpg

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