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Aim: What was the culture of Mesopotamia like?

Aim: What was the culture of Mesopotamia like?. September 27, 2013. I. City-States. A. The Sumerians lived in city-states → Cities that had their own governments and gods. Made up of the city and the farmland surrounding it. The city was p rotected by walls of sun-dried brick. .

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Aim: What was the culture of Mesopotamia like?

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  1. Aim: What was the culture of Mesopotamia like? September 27, 2013

  2. I. City-States A. The Sumerians lived in city-states → Cities that had their own governments and gods. Made up of the city and the farmland surrounding it. The city wasprotected by walls of sun-dried brick.

  3. II. Religion • Sumerians had a polytheistic religion → • Every city-state had a ziggurat (temple) to honor the gods and goddesses.

  4. C. Ziggurats were located in the center of the city and were the center of people’s lives: • They would prey and leave praying statues when they were not in the temple • Artisans and traders worked there • Children went to school • The poor were fed • Great events were celebrated

  5. III. Writing • Cuneiform: World’s first system of writing → wedge shaped impressions on clay tablets. • Scribes were taught how to do the writing (most people could not write). • Why did the Sumerians need writing:

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