1. The Seven Characteristics
And Mesopotamia

2. Stable Food Supply
In order to survive you need to know where your next meal is coming from. A stable food supply is gained through farming and domesticating animals.

3. Mesopotamia had this because archeologist have found the remains of:
A Plow used to grow crops
An irrigation system including dams, canals, and reservoirs

4. Social Structure
A division of the entire population where a class or group has more rights then another. This can include different jobs or social levels.

5. Mesopotamia had this because archeologist have found the remains of:
Different size house which had the priests living in the ziggurats, the upper class living in two story houses, and the common class lived in small, mud brick houses.

6. Government
A system in charge of directing peoples behaviors and making life orderly.

7. Mesopotamia had this because archeologist have found the remains of:
A priest who was in charge living in the ziggurat
Steels showing armies and chariots
Written laws

8. Religion
A set of beliefs and worship

9. Mesopotamia had this because archeologist have found the remains of:
Ziggurats- an ancient Mesopotamia temple tower where the priest stayed and gods supposedly visited to from heaven
Statues that showed a person praying

10. The Arts
Music, paintings, architecture, and crafts

11. Mesopotamia had this because archeologist have found the remains of:
Statues
Lyres- a small harp

12. Technology
Items that make life easier

13. Technology
The wheel
Chariots
Arches

14. Writing
Symbols that represent words

15. Mesopotamia had this because archeologist have found the remains of:
Cuneiform
Steels that show words