mesopotamia

3rd Mesopotamian city around 80,000 people living there famous for the large wall that surrounded the city to protect it from outsiders.

• Uruk

• Erider

• Ziggurat

The belief in many gods is____.

• polytheism

• monotheism

• catholism

• methodonsim

a ______ is a rectangle stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple.

• ziggurat

• obelesk

• rectangle

It was believed that the god that protected the city state lived in the _______.

• Ziggurat

• temple

Mesopotamians built large religious monuments called ziggurats to________.

• honor the gods and ensure their presence

• inprison the gods

• keep the gods away

ziggurats often had______ and were built in the center of the city.

• steps

• slides

• ladders

______ held the most power of the social pyramid.

• priests

• kings

• government officials

_______ were at the head of society. they were in charge of organizing the labor for building. They over saw religious responsibilities, laws collecting taxes, and leading the army.

• kings

• priests

• government officials

______were nobility. They dealt with administrative duties of the city state. They helped enforce laws, collect taxes, run the army, organize digging canals and building roads and temples

• government officials

• kings

• priests

only _________were taught how to read and write.

• nobel women

• slave women

• farmers