Their Daily Life |
Mesopotamia was a very fair county when it came to people. Men and Women were treated almost equally and had the same rights. Everyone in ancient Mesopotamia loved to eat! Poor families sometimes had meat, but the wealthier families ate meat more often. They chose from beef, lamb, pork, goat, duck, and geese.They were the main ones. Fish, turtles, and shellfish were overflowing in the rivers. Barley and wheat were the staple foods. Grain was crushed and cooked as porridge or ground into flour and baked bread. Fruits, oils, juices, and honey were added to the basic recipe and changed the recipe so much that there are more than 300 Mesopotamian words for bread because of all the different combination and flavours. Barley was also used to make beer. No one really starved in Mesopotamia.The Saves starved the most and if you were a slave you were a slave you would have probably been captured by a city war.
Over time they would go to war with each other because of what the king/leader was saying and for power, that created slaves and because every city wanted the power that weakened them. Eventually another place would invade Mesopotamia, they would be not as strong because they had just gone into battle an thats how mesopotamia slowly fell.
The king of a city, region, or empire was thought to have a special relationship with the gods. A great king would enlarge his kingdom.The king was in charge of pretty much anything, if he were to do something good the gods would have loved him.
The priests were special because they could usually read and write and they could communicate with the gods. They also served as healers. The first doctors and dentists of Mesopotamia were priests. Among the most famous priestess Enheduanna (2285-2250 BCE),she was the the daughter of Sargon of Akkad (a famous king)
The upper class included merchants who owned their own companies, scribes, private tutors, and, in time, high-ranking military men. Other occupations of the upper class were accountants, architects, astrologers (who were usually priests), and shipwrights. The merchant who owned his own company, and did not need to travel, was a man of leisure who could enjoy the best beer in the city in the company of his friends while attended by slaves. Scribes were highly respected and served at court, in the temple, and in the schools. Every teacher was a scribe, and one of the most important disciplines taught in every Mesopotamian school was writing. Only boys attended school. While women did enjoy almost equal rights, they were not considered smart enough to be able to learn literacy. Private tutors were also held in high regard and were paid well by the wealthy families of the cities to help their sons excel at their school work. Private tutors were considered men of exceptional intelligence, virtue, and character. They devoted themselves completely to the student or students.
The lower class was made up of the people that kept everything going like farmers, artists, musicians, construction workers, canal (sail/boat) builders, bakers, basket makers, butchers, fishermen, brick makers, brewers, carpenters, potters, jewelry makers, goldsmiths, cart and chariot drivers, soldiers, sailors, and people who worked for another man’s company. Sometimes some of the perfume makers, jewelry makers and goldsmiths were considered upper class. Women were relegated to the lower class jobs but. Women were the first brewers, tavern keepers, doctors and dentists in ancient Mesopotamia.But as time went on men took over those jobs
The lowest social order was the slaves. A slave could have been captured in war, selling themselves into slavery to pay off something, being sold as punishment for a crime or bad doing, being kidnapped and sold in another region for something valuable, being sold by a family member to relieve some cost. Slaves kept a house clean, tutored young children and could be employed in whatever their master thought they might have talent, like a skilled jewelry maker or a good farmer or basket maker. A slave who worked long enough for his or her master could eventually buy their freedom.
Over time they would go to war with each other because of what the king/leader was saying and for power, that created slaves and because every city wanted the power that weakened them. Eventually another place would invade Mesopotamia, they would be not as strong because they had just gone into battle an thats how mesopotamia slowly fell.
The king of a city, region, or empire was thought to have a special relationship with the gods. A great king would enlarge his kingdom.The king was in charge of pretty much anything, if he were to do something good the gods would have loved him.
The priests were special because they could usually read and write and they could communicate with the gods. They also served as healers. The first doctors and dentists of Mesopotamia were priests. Among the most famous priestess Enheduanna (2285-2250 BCE),she was the the daughter of Sargon of Akkad (a famous king)
The upper class included merchants who owned their own companies, scribes, private tutors, and, in time, high-ranking military men. Other occupations of the upper class were accountants, architects, astrologers (who were usually priests), and shipwrights. The merchant who owned his own company, and did not need to travel, was a man of leisure who could enjoy the best beer in the city in the company of his friends while attended by slaves. Scribes were highly respected and served at court, in the temple, and in the schools. Every teacher was a scribe, and one of the most important disciplines taught in every Mesopotamian school was writing. Only boys attended school. While women did enjoy almost equal rights, they were not considered smart enough to be able to learn literacy. Private tutors were also held in high regard and were paid well by the wealthy families of the cities to help their sons excel at their school work. Private tutors were considered men of exceptional intelligence, virtue, and character. They devoted themselves completely to the student or students.
The lower class was made up of the people that kept everything going like farmers, artists, musicians, construction workers, canal (sail/boat) builders, bakers, basket makers, butchers, fishermen, brick makers, brewers, carpenters, potters, jewelry makers, goldsmiths, cart and chariot drivers, soldiers, sailors, and people who worked for another man’s company. Sometimes some of the perfume makers, jewelry makers and goldsmiths were considered upper class. Women were relegated to the lower class jobs but. Women were the first brewers, tavern keepers, doctors and dentists in ancient Mesopotamia.But as time went on men took over those jobs
The lowest social order was the slaves. A slave could have been captured in war, selling themselves into slavery to pay off something, being sold as punishment for a crime or bad doing, being kidnapped and sold in another region for something valuable, being sold by a family member to relieve some cost. Slaves kept a house clean, tutored young children and could be employed in whatever their master thought they might have talent, like a skilled jewelry maker or a good farmer or basket maker. A slave who worked long enough for his or her master could eventually buy their freedom.