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Mesopotamia
A set of activities about Art, Society and religion
Question | Answer |
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Aristocracy | Composed by the king´s family and the nobility. They owned the land and had some ruling posts. |
Priests | Responsible of the religious rituals, they owned lands and workshops. |
Scribes | Officials, able to read and write. Registered law and commercial activity. |
Merchants | Traded with metals and other products with other regions. |
Craftmen | Such as weavers, carpenters, jewellers, that worked in workshops. |
Peasants | Rented the land in exchange of part of the harvests. |
Slaves | Worked for others and had no rights. |
King | Political, military and religious authority. |
Polytheistic | The Mesopotamian people also believed in many gods. |
Anu | The god of heaven |
Enlil | The god of wind |
Ishtar | Goddes of love and war |
Ziggurat | It´s a stepped (con escalones) pyramid. |
Relief | Small sculptures pasted in the wall. |