1. Mesopotamia SPICE Chart
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2. Society Social Hierarchy
a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority

3. Political Warrior-kings Share power w/ priests City-states
Small, independent cities w/ surrounding villages & farms
World’s 1st empire
Code of Hammurabi

4. Interactions The Fertile Crescent Yearly flooding – irrigation ditches
No natural barriers – build city walls w/ mid bricks

5. Culture Cuneiform Epic of Gilgamesh Religion Polytheistic Animistic
Ziggurats
Religious temple

6. Economics Agriculture Craftsmen & artisans Use of slave labor
Phoenicians --- seafaring traders