You will be learning about the arts, architecture, and public works of the civilizations of Mesopotamia.

As you view examples of each of them you will need to fill in the note chart that you’ve received.

On your note chart you will fill in three columns: types, ancient examples, and modern examples.

Your goal today:

For our purposes in social studies we will consider art to be the creation of beautiful or significant things.

What is art?

PaintingsAncient Mesopotamian Modern

There are not a lot of examples of Mesopotamian paintings.

Why not? Most ancient paintings were

painted on walls. In Mesopotamia, most of those

walls have crumbled into dust.

Paintings

StatuesAncient Mesopotamian Modern

StatuesAncient Mesopotamian Modern

SculpturesAncient Mesopotamian

Modern

ArchitectureAncient Mesopotamian

Modern

ArchitectureAncient Mesopotamian

Modern

ArchitectureAncient Mesopotamian

Modern

ArchitectureAncient Mesopotamian

Modern

ArchitectureAncient Mesopotamian

Modern

Buildings or other places that are built and paid for by the government for the use of the citizens.

Infrastructure

Infrastructure Ancient Granaries

Modern silo

Infrastructure Ancient Road

Modern Highway

Infrastructure Ancient Irrigation

Modern Irrigation

Mesopotamian Cities

Most Mesopotamian cities had a similar setup.

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

What were the three levels of social classes in Mesopotamian societies?

Upper Class Middle Class Lower Class

River

Levees

Crops

Irrigation Canals

Lower Class

Middle Class

Upper Class

Ziggurat

Palace

School

Walls