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