Ruby 3.3 Mesopotamia

Organized, written statement of the rules of society

• code of law

• rule of law

• epic

• wheel

the idea that all the people were bound by one common set of laws written by the government

• code of law

• rule of law

• epic

• plow

a long narrative poem describing heroic deeds

• code of law

• rule of law

• epic

• wheel

Who wrote?

• Sumerians, Scribes, Merchants

• King, Priests, Scribes

• Priests, Sumerians, Scribes

• Sumerians, Priests, Servants

Why did they write?

• to keep track of food, to keep track of kings

• to keep track of priests, to keep track of trade

• to keep track of ceremonies, to keep track of stories

• to keep track of trade, so they can write stories

Lessons from the Epic of Gilgamesh

• tells what Sumerians valued in a leader, anything outside the cities was seen as wild and dangerous, tells out the Sumerians gods and goddesses

• tells how ceremonies would be run, anything outside the city was paradise, tells about gods and goddesses

• tells what Sumerians valued in a leader, tells about the king and his duties, tells about the merchants

• tells about the Sumerain gods and goddesses, how they worshipped the gods and goddesses, what they ate

Calendars were based on

• solar, based on the sun

• planetary, based on the planets

• lunar, based on the moon

• agriculture, based on the harvest

Plows were made of

• wood, it was easy to build

• gold, it was shiny and hard

• metal, so it could be stronger and last longer

• tin, there was lots of tin available

Jewelry was made of

• copper

• tin

• metal

• gold

A person's social rank

• made a difference in how justice was handled

• was determined by war

• was determined by how big their fields were

• was determined by the king