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Title: Mesopotamia (UR)


1
Mesopotamia (UR)
  • Unlocking The Past.
  • George Paige
  • Adrian Abbott

2
Introduction
  • Mesopotamia (Otherwise Know As UR.)
  • Was the worlds first civilisation.
  • It was situated in modern day Iraq.
  • Mesopotamia means The Land Before Rivers.

3
More About Mesopotamia..
  • 6500 years ago there was a civilization in
    between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers located
    in Modern day Iraq.
  • The area was known as Mesopotamia and the city
    was called Ur. The southern half of Ur was called
    Sumer.
  • Ur was near the river Nile, and this enabled
    farmers to have a healthy crop.

4
The Ziggurats
  • The Ziggurats was a pyramid constructed of
    sun-baked mud bricks, which were then colourfully
    decorated with glazed firebricks. In each
    Ziggurat had a God or Goddess, and only Priests
    and Priestesses were allowed in because of their
    high status.

5
Cuneiform First Writing System
  • Cuneiform was the worlds first writing system,
    created of course by the Sumerians. Cuneiform
    means wedge shaped because of the pen used. The
    pen was called a stylus, and it was made of reed.

6
The Tablet Houses Part One
  • Cuneiform was learnt in Sumerian schools called
    eddubas or tablet houses. The students who went
    there were usually sons of very wealthy citizens.
  • Students worked very hard at Sumerian schools,
    and the school day started from early morning
    until early evening. Students were taught
    reading, writing, and maths. The teachers
    strictly regimented the students. For example, a
    mistake on a clay tablet could mean a beating.

7
The Tablet Houses Part Two
  • All the forfeit and schooling was worth it. Once
    a student effectively finished twelve years of
    school, he was an official scribe, or writer.
    This was a important position in Sumerian
    culture. Scribes were very expensive in order to
    continue and recover the evidence keeping that
    the Sumerians considered so very necessary.
  • The Sumerians also used cylinder seals. They were
    made out of stone, and they were used as ID. For
    example, in order to identify himself, a Sumerian
    would roll his cylinder seal across a wet clay
    tablet. This would make an imprint on the tablet
    that would become permanent by sun-baking or
    kiln-firing. Cylinder seals were used as
    signatures are used today.

8
Thank You!
  • Adrian and Myself would like to thank you for
    acknowledging our presentation.
  • Thank You for being so patient.
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