mesopotamia
Levies are used to control what resource?
What is water
People would pay to have these built on top of the ziggurats
What are statues of wealthy women?
What are priests, Kings, and wealthy land owners?
300 words in Mesopotamian languages exist for this food.
What is bread?
Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Chaldean
What are empires that ruled Mesopotamia?
The top room of a ziggurat was used for this.
What is worshipping gods
A society run by men
What is a patriarchal society?
The Tigris and the Euphrates
What are rivers surrounding Mesopotamia?
A mix of grass, bricks, and other materials are used to make these
What are Zigurrats
They were expected to get married young and work in their homes.
What are Mesopotamian women?
Reasons people wanted to control Mesopotamia
Large temples dedicated to a different god or goddess
What are Ziggurats?
Midwives, working in bakeries or taverns, working as priestesses, scribes, and artisans
What are jobs for women outside the home
River on which the city-state of Ur was built
What is the Euphrates?
Wealthy women would build their statues on top of a Ziggurat for what purpose?
So the god could see the women worshipping and look over their families