Mesopotamian Culture
Hymans, Keary, Kurtz
Introduction
Image Gallery
Ziggurats
Sundial
Cuneiform
Wheel
Seal
Sumerian Figure Art
Slavery
Gods
The Fertile Crescent
Fact Statement Religion
Religion controlled and determined most of people’s daily life activities.
Every city of Mesopotamia had it’s own god for people to pray to, so so there was a temple or ziggurat built in the center of each city.
People of a city believed that they had to live by the god of their city’s way of life.
- The people took time out of their day or week to pray to their god in the temple or ziggurat.
Fact Statement Innovations
Innovations allowed for the creation of job specialization and a wider gap between social classes.
They were the first inventors of the wheel, allowing people to get jobs such as horse drawn cart drivers, and carriage drivers.
They invented the calendar, which allowed people to be able to keep track of time in seconds, minutes, and hours.
They developed the first government system, so people would be able to get a job involving government and leadership.
- They invented the first writing system, allowing people to be able to put their language in the form of writing.