Enlil • The Denots had an air god name Enlil• He was the most powerful in Summerian Pantheon• He replaced Anu as father of the gods
Gods• Each city had its own god• Gods were above all• Gods represented animals• If people commited a sin they did something, so the god would
forgive them
Tower of Babel
Ziggurauts, gardens of Babylon, tower of Babel, irrigation,
City state protection.
Mesopotamian infrastructure
Gardens of babylons
• Royal gardens built for the kingsWife.• Not actually hanging but builtOn terraces.
Towers of Babel• The tallest ziggurats built to rech and beEven with the gods
Used to water farms and keeps rivers from over flowing
irragation
Made of mudSmall templeUsed to warship gods
ziggurats
Built walls to protect city-states from being raided by other states
They were 16ft tall.
Protective walls
Ancient Mesopotamia33.7ºN. 43.5ºE
Geography
Ancient Mesopotamia
Southern Mesopotamia
• Very flat land• Many floods• Dry• Unsuccessful farming
Northern Mesopotamia
• Fertile land• Seasonal rain• Tigris and Euphrates• Good farming
Northern Mesopotamia Land
Southern Mesopotamia Land
TECHNOLOGY OF MESOPOTAMIA
THE MESOPOTAMIAN TIME PERIOD WAS A PERIOD WHERE MANY OBJECTS WERE INVENTED.
Cuneiform was the first written language. The wheel was attached
MESOPOTAMIAN SOCIAL
CLASSES
FASHION
Early times men wore strings and wraparound skirts were later introduced. Men did not were tops. Women wore long dresses and left their right shoulder bare.
FOOD
SLAVERY
• Many slaves are prisoners of war. Prisoners of war are either high value targets or captured soldiers.
In this period of time gods had a very important role in government.
Gilgamesh
• Considered to be 2/3 god and 1/3 human• Beautiful, attentive, strong and arogant
Anu
• Father of all gods and the sky• Assigned to the city of Uruk• His symbol is a bull• One of the most important gods
Ninhursag/Belitili
• Mother earth• Godess of multiple cities• Her symbol is Omega
Kings
hammurabi
• Created the first set of written laws
Mesopotamianart
By: Kyle R., Caleb, Eliza, and Emily W.
SculpturesAs time went by their sculptures evolved into
more detailed pieces of art
They used stone and clay
They used their hand, but they started to use tools
PaintingsThe paintings got more detailed and they looked