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Civillzation Mind Map By Natalie Aparicio PER:6 (Reiligious (Beliefs…
Civillzation Mind Map By Natalie Aparicio PER:6
Writing
Written Language
Cuneiform
Meaning "Wedge"
Sharp Stylus to Etch words in Clay
Developed around 2400 B.C.E.
Created 2,000 symbols
Used to record information
Originated from Pictographs
Pictures on clay tablets
Real Objects
Snakes & Water
Scribes
Writers
Used in sharpened reed
Social Structure
Social Levels
Status
Upper Class
Priests
Land Owners
Government Officials
2 Story houses
Lower Class
Slaves
No homes of their own
Middle (Common) Class
Craftspeople
Merchants
Small Brick Homes
Sometimes forced to serve army
Jobs
Reiligious
Beliefs
Rituals
Sacrifice
Gods
Statues
Worship
Ziggurats
Arts
Music
Played drums & pipes
Entertainment
Ceremonies and feasts
Played a Lyre
Architecture
Craftspeople
Sumerians
Built temples
Ziggurats
Metalworkers
Weapons
Decorative items
Painting
Temples
Jewelry
Stable Food Supply
Irrigation System
Canals
Dams
Reservoirs
Plow
Tilling (prepare soil)
Loose soil for planting
Technology
Practical Tools
Pottery makers
Used wheel to form clay to pots
Inventions
Invented the wheel
Flipped on edge would roll
Chariots
Created wheeled carts
Arches
U or V Shaped structures
Upper Class Homes
Temples
Government
Citizen Order
Army
Professional Soldiers
Temporary Soldiers
Laws
Sumerians 1st to develop laws
Officials patrolled for thieves
Collect Taxes
Built Temples
Irrigation system maintenance
Gods
Kings
Governors
Oversaw outlying towns
Scribes
Recorded laws