1. Mesopotamia Poem! Mesopotamia There once was a CIVILIZATION
That grew ENOUGH FOOD to feed their great nation
The SOCIAL STRUCTURE had snobs
And a variety of jobs
They used WRITING for communication
RELIGION played a big part
With beliefs and worship to start
The CULTURE was grand
Literature, architecture, and band
Not to mention the very good art
The people developed TECHNOLOGY
(Tools and inventions like radiology)
Their GOVERNMENT made rules
Like “all kids must attend schools”
All of this is anthropology!

2. civilization
Complex societies that have cities, organized governments, art, religion, class divisions, and a writing system.

3. irrigation
The construction of dams, ditches, walls, and water ways to bring water to the fields for farming.

4. cuneiform
Writing used to keep track of business deals and events. It consisted of hundreds of wedge shaped marks cut into clay tablets with a sharp ended reed, some were made of ivory.

5. scribe
Only a few people, mainly boys, learned how to write. They held honored positions and often became judges and political leaders.

6. City-state
A city and its surrounding villages that has its own governmental unit.
Los Angeles could be a city-state
Santa Monica, Woodland Hills, Pasadena, etc.

7. artisans
Skilled workers who made metal products, cloth or pottery.

8. empire
Group of many different lands under one ruler.

9. provinces
Kings divided the empire into provinces (political districts). This is similar to how the united states is divided.

10. Metaphor Poem
I am a sword, Sharper than a tongue Nobody can defeat me, Because I am a sword, I can not be hurt by what people say About me, I will not show my anger Against Someone else.
You are going to write a metaphor poem like you are a zigurrat. Include an illustration.
Do one for a zigurrat or a flooded farm from the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Your poem should be 9-10 lines