Mesopotamia FoC

"Sumerians believed that only priests knew how to talk to gods. They depended on priests to tell them what the gods wanted."

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• Job Specialization

• Established Religion

"Pictographs are simple pictures that represent objects. To record the number of fish given to a temple, Sumerian Priests drew a fish."

• Established Religion

• Writing

• Government

• Social Class

"Men generally had a higher social position than women, but women in higher class could gain power."

• Social Class

• Job Specialization

• Government

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"To stay in power, kings needed the support of priests. So kings were careful to support the priests' rights and powers."

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• Social Class

• Established Religion

"Cuneiform used triangular symbols to stand for words, ideas, or sounds."

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• Writing

• Public Works

"In larger Sumerian cities, temples were pyramid shaped brick-towers known as ziggurats."

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• Arts and Architecture

• Establish Religion

• Government

"The Epic of Gilgamesh, which was written in Cuneiform on 12 clay tablets, told the story of a hero."

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"The stories of Gilgamesh are myths, or made up tales of gods and heroes. However, some scholars believe that Gilgamesh may have been a real king. They think he ruled the city state of Uruk in 3000 BC."

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• Cities