Mesopotamia Social Class

　　　　Raising up his voice to God, Nehemiah, explained their displeasure with this ridicule to God. He asked the Lord to turn this back around on them, to lay plunder upon them, and to not allow their sins to be forgiven due to their mockery rousing God’s anger against them.

The Mesopotamian people were the first stable civilization. The Mesopotamian people were polytheistic. Polytheistic means they believe in many gods. “The god can affect the fate of humans and they controlled the natural world” (Tuner, 2016). The Mesopotamian people would be afraid of the god since they had more control over them than what they had on themselves. The Mesopotamian people also followed the law very closely. The Code of Hammurabi which was named after a prince, who feared God, to bring about the rule of righteousness in the land, to destroy the wicked and the evil-doers…(King, 2008). The Mesopotamian people also looked up to their kings like Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh talked them about friendships and life. Gilgamesh and Enkidu were best of friends and equals. It was the death of Enkidu when Gilgamesh felt his heart breaking and was willing to do anything to bring his dear friend back to life. When Gilgamesh visits Shiduri she basically tells him to enjoy his life because no one knows when they are going to die. It better living your life being happy and being around the

Social Class is a big part of Mesopotamia. Standard of Ur has three levels; top levels with kings and big people, middle level with well rounded people, and bottom level with slaves and scrawny people. If a freed man strike the body of another freed man, he shall pay ten shekels in money. Meanwhile, if a slave of a freed man strike the body of a freed man, his ear shall be cut off (Hammurabi’s Code). That's saying a freed man has to pay, but a slave has to cut off his ear. Mesopotamia had a lot to do with social

Over the course of this semester, we have talked about the five main religions, each of which containing their own views, backed by their own scriptures and holy books. Due to a length limit, I am going to outline how the Protestant Bible and the Koran came to be in order to demonstrate the differences between how these books were created. I do not begin to understand all of the complications on this topic, nor will all of the arguments that could be made be touched on; however, my critical analysis will include how these books were manifested, and their unique paths to authentication and being accepted by the people of their religion.

In Egypt the Pharaohs were on top, then came the priest, below the priest were the soldiers, merchants, and artisans. At the bottom of the pyramid were the slaves and farmers. On the other hand in Mesopotamia were the priest on top, then the upper class, followed by the lower class otherwise known as the working class, and then at the bottom was the slaves like the Egyptians. Both civilizations had slaves helping them out with their daily tasks and in both civilizations the slaves were at the bottom of the social class. In Egypt it was possible to be born a farmer and work your way up to the highest status, in Mesopotamia we do not know whether you could move within the social pyramid.

According to Joshua J. Mark’s “Daily Life in Ancient Mesopotamia,” The populations of these cities were divided into social classes which, like societies in every civilization throughout history, were hierarchical.” The development of agriculture and the process of urbanization allowed the population of cities in the Mesopotamian region to grow to tens of thousands of people in each city-state, and this social structure allowed people to understand their role and begin to form more cultural ideals based on their status within the class structure. Soon, the massive amount of wealth within the region due to agricultural advances and the structure provided through urbanization and the creation of social classes allowed people to begin to focus on more than simply surviving. It was during this time period, just before 3000 BCE, that technology began to

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God is angry with the nations at ease, because they assisted in Judah’s and Jerusalem’s suffering.

The social similarities between Egypt and Mesopotamia found its roots in the authoritative religious structure. The Mesopotamian religion viewed people as servants of the gods. Given that Mesopotamia was often affected by terrible weather and devastating calamities, people needed to ensure the gods were always happy to offer protection and shield from such mishaps. Egyptians, on the other hand, believed that the gods were responsible for creating all the humans, but everything was done in order. The cultural difference between the Egyptians and Mesopotamia differed partially due to their geography difference (Haber 250).

Although ….Order out of chaos is a phrase that perfectly describes why religion developed in Egypt. The Egyptians believed in appeasing gods in order to maintain order. They also believed that multiple deities were present and in control of the elements of nature. One deity in that was very important was Sekhmet, the sun goddess of war. Sekhmet is one of the oldest and most powerful goddesses. In Egypt she was known to cause flames to devour the egyptian enemies. Her sun disk is represented with the Uraeus rearing cobra, which symbolizes power over the gods and Egypt. Sekhmet was greatly feared by some, because she was the warrior god of destruction, but also because she could deliver plague and sickness to the enemies of Egypt. The Egyptians

Elias Perdomo Mr. Van Wyck World History 9 Honors Period 3 09, October 2017 The Mesopotamian Political and Economic Systems Script Slide 1 Good morning my name is Elias Perdomo and I did my research on the Mesopotamian Political and Economic Systems. The thesis I chose is what are the contributors to the rise of the mesopotamian economy and civilization? I chose this because I think it correctly emphasizes the section I am supposed to do.

Similar to a pyramid, there are five classes in each social system for Mesopotamia and Egypt (Matthews et al, 2014). The top is the ruler, which is different in both civilization. However, the other four are the same. Under the ruler, are clergy members, army, or judicial system; followed by rich landowners, military chiefs, scribes, and architects; followed by the farmers, merchants, brewers, craftspeople, and low-level businesspeople and tradesman; finally at the bottom, slaves, tenant farmers, and small landowners (Matthews et al, 2014). The ruling class, on the other hand, was different. Mesopotamian kings were appointed by someone from the gods on Earth, however, the Egyptian ruler was a god. Government (political) systems receive their economic strength for both Mesopotamia and Egypt for their kingdoms were based on power from the gods and agriculture. However, Mesopotamian rulers were based more on warriors and Egyptian rulers were Pharaohs, god-kings (Matthews et al,

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If I knew nothing else about Mesopotamia, I could conclude from the Hammurabi code that it's an eye for an eye philosophy and they value the military. I would describe the economy of the region as stiff and the most wealth consists only at high classes. The distinct social groups mentioned in the code are slave, freed man, builder, merchant, common man, chieftain. The rights women enjoy were certain respects (but they were still treated like property) and the restrictions they were subject to we're their

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