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Social Structure and Culture of Ancient Mesopotamia

Explore the fascinating social hierarchy of Ancient Mesopotamia, where the Emperor sat atop the social class pyramid, typically male and powerful. Below the royalty were the middle class, who enjoyed financial stability and access to education, allowing their children to attend schools. In stark contrast, the low class faced economic struggles, often working as servants with little education. Discover the significance of cuneiform writing, the importance of architecture like ziggurats, and the artistry of pottery and carving in this ancient civilization.

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Social Structure and Culture of Ancient Mesopotamia

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  1. Ancient Mesopotamia Huda Abdulkader 7D

  2. Map of Mesopotamia

  3. Social Class-Emperor The Emperor is always at the top of the social class pyramid. Usually a Male.

  4. Social Class-Middle After the royalty, there are the middle class people. In other words the Regular type. These people had enough money to buy food and water, and even put their children in schools. They had usual jobs.

  5. Social Class-Low Class The people in the low class usually have jobs that don’t pay them much. They don’t have much money, or education so they become servants.

  6. Cuneiform Ancient Mesopotamians made up Cuneiform. Cuneiform is an old language used for writing.

  7. Education Wrote on pieces of clay Boys went to school only Royalty were home schooled with private tutors.

  8. Architecture Architecture was very important in this civilization Most famous building was the ziggurat

  9. Pottery The Mesopotamians did a lot of pottery Pottery was the easiest to shape Made out of clay

  10. Carving Carved on walls and on pottery Only qualified Carvers were allowed to carve.

  11. Bibliography http://spiralcastle.net/mesopotamia/meso_map_new.gif http://curso0708.wikispaces.com/file/view/mesopotamia.jpg/31960935/mesopotamia.jpg https://musica-cra.wikispaces.com/mesopotamia http://space-boogie.blogspot.com/2010/12/b-52-mesopotamia-mg-edit.html http://ngildart.com/SSWeb/mainframe.html http://groveland.spps.org/Mesopotamia3.html http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:British_Troops_Marching_in_Mesopotamia.jpg http://www.sd67.bc.ca/schools/kvr/Meso/Mesopotamia.htm

  12. The End! Thank you for watching:)

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