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Homework 10/8/15
10/8/15 p.21
City-States
In what ways is education different today different than it was in
Mesopotamia?
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Each Sumerian city and the land around it became a city-state,
each was separated/isolated by geography
Today
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Each had its own government, was usually surrounded by a wall
and often went to war with other city-states.
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Used river mud to make bricks for buildings
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Both boys and girls attend
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Many subjects are taught
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We get to decided our careers
Gods and Rulers
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The Sumerians were polytheistic, they believed in many gods and
each god was in charge of a natural force or human activity
(basket weaving, rain, flooding etc.)
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They tried hard to please their gods; they built temples called
Ziggurats to worship them. Ziggurat means hill of heaven or
mountain of god.
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Kings often inherited the title from their father. The king of the
Akkadians was Sargon and Hammurabi was the king of Babylon.
In Mesopotamia
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Only boys attend school
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Boys are taught to write, read and do math
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They are chosen to be scribes
Life in Sumer
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Upper class- kings, priests, government officials; middle
class- artisans, merchants, traders, farmers, fisherman;
lower class- slaves
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People lived in mud brick houses
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Artisans are skilled workers who made metal products,
pottery and cloth