Mesopotamia
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MESOPOTAMIA
*AlI-A INTRO PLAYS*
ZIGGURAT
- Nobody lives in them
- Gods loved in the temple at the top
- Each city had its own god
- They made sacrifices to the gods
- The gods were supposedly super-human size
RANKS OF SOCIETY
- The order goes nobles, commoners, freemen, and slaves.
- Nobles were priests and members of the royal family.
- Commoners were skilled craftsmen, doctors, and other jobs.
- Freemen were once slaves but were bought out of it.
- Slaves would work on farms and do the towns dirty work.
LAWS
- If a builder makes a house and it collapses and kills the owner, the builder will die. If the son dies, the builders son must die.
- If a surgeon kills a noble, the doctor will die.
- If you steal from a ziggurat, you get a death penalty. If you buy stolen goods, you will also die.
WRITING
- Wrote on clay tablets
- Wrote from top to bottom
- Wrote a language called cuneiform
- Wrote fast before the clay dried out
BUILDING
- Used clay bricks
- Ziggurats were made of layers
- Let the bricks dry in the sun
