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MESOPOTAMIA
POLITICS AND CULTURE
2.
POLITICAL MESOPOTAMIA
Composed of several city-states
No central government
Smaller regional governments ruled by kings
Internal conflicts between regional kings for land and resources
Kings were responsible for their region's welfare
3.
POLITICAL MESOPOTAMIA
Mesopotamia was a hereditary monarchy; a king's son was to be the next ruler
There were distinct social classes; women had very few rights
Very little Nationalism; obligations towards family
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CULTURAL MESOPOTAMIA
Polytheists
Demons-good or bad, created by gods
Blamed disasters on the anger of the gods; tried to please their gods
Ziggurats -religious temples
Each city had its own patron deity
Men worked specialized jobs, women attended to children at home
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CULTURAL MESOPOTAMIA
Boys were taught specific job skills
Girls were raised to be wives and mothers
People made pottery, metals, cloth, glass, mud-bricked huts
The first to write
Built temples (ziggurats) and palaces
Niall Ellias
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