Social Class Structure
Who was at the top of the pyramid?
The king
What is polytheism?
The belief in more than one god
How many tiers were ziggurats?
2-7 tiers
What is Anu the god of?
God of heavens and kings of the other Sumerian gods
What were the jobs of the king?
1) Led the army
2) Made the laws
3) Accumulated wealth
Who had the most important job in Mesopotamia?
Farmers
What is bitumen?
Bitumen is a black, water resistant, tar like substance.
True or False each tier of the ziggurat was a different color?
True
What is something that Enlil wore?
A crown with horns
Why were the bakers so important?
Who had the hardest job in Mesopotamia and what level on the social pyramid are they on?
Slaves; bottom of pyramid
What is a theocracy?
A government run by religious leaders in the name of a god or gods
What sealed the bricks of the ziggurats together?
Bitumen
Who was the supreme diety over all the other Babylonian gods?
Marduk
What did priests do?
They oversaw religious cerimonies, were intermediaries, made offerings to the gods for others
What class were most of the people in Mesopotamia in?
Farmers (middle class)
What is a diety?
A god or goddess
What were ziggurats made to resemble and why?
Ziggurats were built to resemble a mountain reaching up to connect earth with heaven. Mountains were sacred to the Mesopotamians as they were seen as homes of the gods, and the source of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
Who is the primary Assyrian god?
Ashur (Assur)
What were the ways to become a slave
True or false: all merchants were poor
False, you could become very wealthy as a merchant.
What does divine mean?
All seeing and all knowing
Which area of the ziggurat did the god or goddess live in?
They lived in the temple room
What is Ishtar the goddess of?
Goddess of love and war
What did merchants do?
They traded with other cultures like the Egyptians for goods they wanted and needed, taxes collected from trade made the cities rich, became wealthy because of trade