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2.Mr. M
3.Daily Lessons
4.Social Structure
5.OPEN IN UPAD
Answer this question on this slide in UPAD:
 Who made the decisions for the government and what type of
system did they use for trade?
 MAKE SURE RELIGION IS PAGE 32
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ACHIEVEMENTS IS PAGE 33
• Politics page 34
• Economics page 35
SOCIAL
STRUCTURE
Read the following slides
2. Fill in the social structure pyramid
3. On the bottom of your work sheet answer the
questions about social structure with your shoulder
partner
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THE SLAVES
 THEY WERE THE BOTTOM BUT TREATED WELL
 IDENTIFIED BY A SPECIFIC HAIRCUT
 NO RIGHTS AND WERE OWNED BY THE HIGHER
CLASSES
 WORKED IN PLACES SUCH AS THE PALACE,
FARMS, AND TEMPLES
 SOME WERE PRISONERS OF WAR OR EVEN
PEOPLE WHO COULD NOT PAY OFF A DEBT
 THE LAW DID NOT PROTECT THEM
THE COMMONERS
 THE LABORING LOW CLASS
 85% WERE IN FARMING
 WOMEN ENJOYED MORE RIGHTS THAN IN
OTHER SOCIAL ORDERS
 CLOSE FAMILY TIES
 NOT EDUCATED
 SONS LEARNED FATHERS TRADE
 GIRLS LEARNED TO CARE FOR THE HOME AND
CHILDREN
MERCHANTS AND ARTISANS
 INVENTED CUNIFORM AND CALENDARS TO
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DOCUMENT TRADE DEALS
TRADED PRODUCTS AND IDEAS THROUGHOUT
THE CITY STATES
PRODUCED WEALTH THAT MADE CIVILZATION
POSSIBLE
BROUGHT NEW MATERIALS AND IDEAS BACK TO
MESOPOTAMIA FROM THEIR TRAVELS
WORKED RAW MATERIALS IN TO WEAPONS,
JEWLREY, AND TOOLS
THE SCRIBES
 EDUCATED SONS OF THE WEALTHY
 ABLE TO READ AND WRITE
 WORKED FOR THE PALACE, ARMY, GOVERNMENT,
MERCHANTS, OR SET UP THEIR OWN BUSINESS
AS PUBLIC WRITERS
 WERE NEARLY ALWAYS WOMEN
 HAD TO GO THROUGH A SPECIFIC TRAINING
THE PRIEST
 UPPER CLASS OF SOCIETY
 INFLUENCIAL BECAUSE OF CLOSE RELATIONSHIP
WITH THE GODS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF
RELIGION
 INCHARGE OF DITRIBUTING LAND TO FARMERS
AND WORKERS TO CROPS
 RAN THE SCHOOL (LIKE A PRINCIPLE)
 CONSIDERED THE DOCTORS OF THE TIME
THE KING
 THE TOP OF THE SOCIAL ORDER
 BELIEVED TO BE GODS ON EARTH
 HIS WORK WAS LAW
 HEAD OF ARMY
 SOMETIMES ALSO PRIEST
 On the back of your worksheet answer the questions
about social structure with your shoulder partner
 Be ready to discuss your answers with every one.
Answer with you shoulder or face
partner
Why do you think this social structure existed?
2. Who was considered important in Mesopotamia?
3. Does social structure connect with religion politics
and economics?
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Review
 Fill in the G.R.A.P.E.S in review sheet using the
questions in left column.
 Remember many parts of GRAPES overlap so you need
to look at all of your notes to find the answers