class 11 explain in brief the major feature of Mesopotamian Civilization
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Answer:
8 features of mesopotami:
Explanation:
=>The world's first cities appeared. in mesopotami. and these cities. were babylon and eridu.
=>Babylon became. important when hammurdi it his capital of his kingdom of babylonia.
=>Babylonia was destroyed in 698 B.C. by assyrians. under sennacherib.
=> Many cities were used as buriel grounds where many families buried belongings and corpses under there homes.
Organised goverment
=> The rulers were inscribed in stone.
=>Messopotamia was ruled by Hammurabi.
=> The weak and powerless were protected.
=>The laws of Hammurabi are the longest and best organised collections of law.
=>Ruled by king -has absolute power.
Complex religion
=> Had a polytheistic belief system.
=>Worshipped many god and goddesses-influenced much of what happened to them in there lives.
=>Meaning of life was to live life contently.
=>Religion helped them face dangers and their fears.
Job specialization
=> Some of the jobs in ancient mesopotamia included farming, pottery, weaving, teacher, astronomers and lives stock raising.
=> Trade was also a big deal in mesopotamia.
Social classes
There are 6 different social classes in the ancient mesopotamia heirarchy-kings, preists, scribes, merchants, and artisans, commoners amd slaves.
King :was the top rank holder of the social class ancient mesopotamia; the king created the laws for the civilization; served as the head of the army.
Preists:the upper class; considered as the uppers of that time very influencial because religion was important at that time.
Scribes: the upper class; well educated; undergo a training program to be a scribe.
Merchants and Artisans: the upper class; had a major role in creating wealth and growth of the civilization.
Commoners: labouring lower class; egaged in agriculture; not educated.
The slaves: were at the bottom of the social class; had no rights and work for the upper class.
Arts and architecture
=> Arts including paintings, scluptures and pictures of life and religion.
=> Some buildings in mesopotamiawere ziggurats and the some of the religions lived in the caves.
=>Art and poetry was a big part of the wealthy cities.
=>Art had religious theme that honored the gods.
=>They enjoyed music and sports.
Public work
=>The king had made irrigation works to boost the economy.
=>Some types of public work are making irrigation systems, building ziggurats, creating sewage systems, making moats and building public bathrooms.
Writing
=>The earliar writings were based on pictographs, that were used to communicate basic information.
Over time, the need for writing changed and cuneiform was developed.
=>Cuneiform was the official mesopotamia. writing form.
=>Mesopotamia scribes recorded daily events, trade.
=>Astronomy, and litrature on clay tablets.
They kept excellent and list of things.