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Social Studies Homework
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Mesopotamia was broken into city states. Each city state had a king as a
ruler. In the middle of the city state was a tall pyramid called a ziggurat.
The ziggurat was a temple that was a home to a god. There were many
gods in Mesopotamia. Each god lived in a different temple. The priests
were the leaders of the religion in Mesopotamia. The priests talked to the
gods and were the only people that were allowed to enter the temples.
Therefore, the priests were the only people that were allowed in the home
of the gods, and the only people allowed to speak to the gods.
1. Who was in charge of each city state?
2. What is a ziggurat?
3. Monotheistic means a religion with one god. Polytheistic means a religion with many
gods. Was the religion of Mesopotamia monotheistic or polytheistic?
4. Where did the gods live?
5. Who was in charge of the religion?
6. Could anyone in Mesopotamia know what the gods wanted and thought? Why or
why not?