Mesopotamia* María García Conde * Ramón Máiquez Pérez* Sergio Fagundez Manso* Daniel Cerezo García

From 6000BC to 605BC

Landscape

-Between two rivers-City-States

❖ Ziggurat (temple)

❖ Markets

❖ Houses(where they work)

❖ Crops

Economy

Privileged class:❏ King:richest.❏ Militry Comanders:could

work in the harvest.❏ Priest:gather the taxes of

the peasans.

Economy

Principaly:❏ Farmers❏ Fishermen❏ Trader❏ Agricultor

Farmers:They work in field with animals.

Economy

Fishermen:Work in rivers,fishing.

Traders:Travel in boats,carriage or foot to change products.

Economy

Economy

Agricultors:They work in field with the crops.

Social organization

- KINGS

- Kings: They have absolute power and they governed the city.

- MILITARY COMMANDERS AND PRIESTS

- Military Commanders: They took control of the cities and they becomes monarchs.

- Priests: They lived in temples and they controlled the harvest, and gather the taxes.

- FARMERS AND CRAFTSMEN AND SLAVES

- Farmers and craftsmen: They sold their products in markets.

-Slaves: They were the lowest social class.

Political organization

➢ The king had absolute power.

➢ It was like this:

AKKAD

SUMER

ASSYRIA

Arch and vault

Arch Vault

Gods

Adapa: first kingAnat: goddess of fertility and warAnshar: sky fatherAnu: highest god heaven godMarduk: national god of babylonians

Religion

● They were polytheistic.

● They most important god were Adapa.

Cuneiform

-Object

-Action

-Sound