Mesopotamia 10 Criteria

Trading Over Long Distances Trading Routes Phoenicians sailed all over the Mediterranean trading Traders/Merchants Wagons

Large Public Buildings Ziggurat/temples Hanging Garden of Babylon Architecture

Development of an Art Style Sculptures of gods and kings Pottery Wheel Cylinder Seal Jewelry Make-up Clay Toys Clay Pottery Bulls Head of Gold Decorated Daggers Metal Works

Beginning of Science Medicine Wheel Chariots Irrigation Architecture Plow Sewer Number System Based on #60 Categorized Animals and Plants

Ranking of Social Positions King/Ruler Priest Skilled Craftsmen, Merchants, and Traders Farmers, Laborers, and Freed Men Slaves

Beginning of Government Hammurabi’s Code of Laws Sargon Kings

Producing and Storing Surplus Food Growing grain, barley, and wheat Irrigation Fertile Soil Plenty of fish and meat

System of Writing Cuneiform Alphabet Clay Tablet Pictographs Cylinder Seals Scribes Epics Mathematics

Large Populated Settlements City-State Ur Babylon Empire of Sargon Urck Sumer Assyrian Empire Hitties Chaldeans

Variety of Jobs Division of Labor Craftsman Merchants Traders Farmers Kings Priests Slaves Soldiers Miners Potters Scribes