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Sunday, October 4, 2009
Administrative Writing Tablet
BABYLONIAN
Writing was invented in a bout 3300 B.C. in Mesopotamia, most likely in Uruk. This time was thought to be a time of large transformations in politics, the economy, and representational art. Writing tablets found in this area weren't alone: there was an abundant amount of them. Early writing was used to record/store economic information. This tablet most likely was used to document grain being distributed by a large temple.
Human need, interest and curiosity drove these humans to invent writing because they needed to record things in their economy, such as sales and purchases. They had no way of doing that, until writing came along. After it was invented, people were interested and curious about how writing worked, so they learned how to do it, and recorded many, many things.
This tablet connects our world to civilizations of the past because the Mesopotamians first invented writing, and look at how much writing we use every day! If they had not invented writing, they wouldn't have grown as a civilization, and neither would we. We migh not have even been where we are today if writing was never invented.
Writing was invented in a bout 3300 B.C. in Mesopotamia, most likely in Uruk. This time was thought to be a time of large transformations in politics, the economy, and representational art. Writing tablets found in this area weren't alone: there was an abundant amount of them. Early writing was used to record/store economic information. This tablet most likely was used to document grain being distributed by a large temple.
Human need, interest and curiosity drove these humans to invent writing because they needed to record things in their economy, such as sales and purchases. They had no way of doing that, until writing came along. After it was invented, people were interested and curious about how writing worked, so they learned how to do it, and recorded many, many things.
This tablet connects our world to civilizations of the past because the Mesopotamians first invented writing, and look at how much writing we use every day! If they had not invented writing, they wouldn't have grown as a civilization, and neither would we. We migh not have even been where we are today if writing was never invented.
The Royal Tombs of Ur
SUMARIAN
From 1922 to 1934, C. Leonard Wooley excavated two large trenches near modern day Kuwait, near what used to be called the city of Ur, in Mesopotamia. In trench A, Wooley found many burials and jewelery. Over 1,800 graves were discovered. He called this the "Gold Trench". In Trench B, all Wooley found was a long wall and ruins of buildings. But soon many ancient houses were revealed, and Wooley learned a lot about everyday life in Ur. He called them "royal" because he thought that the only reason they would bury people with great amounts of jewels and gold would be if they were some kind of royalty.
Human need, interest and curiosity caused the Mesopotamians to bury their dead and save their belongings in the dirt. They needed to preserve their lifestyles, and were interested in telling the people of the future of their lives, and we are the future!We are connected to civilizations of the past with these tombs because we have learned, thanks to Wooley, how other people lived back then in Mesopotamia. These people had burials for their lost loved ones, just like we do now. They bury things that they cherished, like we sometimes do (time capsules, etc.). I think that we got these ideas from ancient civilizations.
Ziggurats
SUMARIAN
Ziggurats were built in Urruk, and by 4000 B.C. they were being made on mud-brick platforms. They were on these platforms to make them seem larger, like a mountain. The whole ziggurat was made of this same material, and it took many, many men to build these things. It took years to finish one. The ziggurats in the city represented how great their gods were. However large the ziggurat may be showed how long that certain god/goddess had been worshipped in the city. (They were dedicated to the most important gods/goddesses.)
Human need, interest and curiosity caused the Mesopotamians to built ziggurats. They were interested in and curious about their gods that they believed in, and they believed that they needed to build these things to please their gods. They invented ziggurats so that they could make their gods happy and they would give them all they needed to live.
The Mesopotamians building these ziggurats reminds me of us making buildings in the present day. We build them for things that we need, and they usually give us something in return. We probably got the idea of building large structures from other ancient civilizations, and we would never be where we are today if we would have never learned how to build.
Ziggurats were built in Urruk, and by 4000 B.C. they were being made on mud-brick platforms. They were on these platforms to make them seem larger, like a mountain. The whole ziggurat was made of this same material, and it took many, many men to build these things. It took years to finish one. The ziggurats in the city represented how great their gods were. However large the ziggurat may be showed how long that certain god/goddess had been worshipped in the city. (They were dedicated to the most important gods/goddesses.)
Human need, interest and curiosity caused the Mesopotamians to built ziggurats. They were interested in and curious about their gods that they believed in, and they believed that they needed to build these things to please their gods. They invented ziggurats so that they could make their gods happy and they would give them all they needed to live.
The Mesopotamians building these ziggurats reminds me of us making buildings in the present day. We build them for things that we need, and they usually give us something in return. We probably got the idea of building large structures from other ancient civilizations, and we would never be where we are today if we would have never learned how to build.
Hammurabi's Code
AKKADIAN
The Code of Hammurabi was and important document written to remember all of the laws (or codes) that ruler Hammurabi came up with to keep a more kept together community. "If any man, without the knowledge of the owner of a garden, fell a tree in a garden, he shall pay half a mina in money" was was one of these famous codes. There were 282 of them. This tablet is a found piece of the code.
The Mesopotamian's need for some law and instruction caused their ruler to create laws to keep them together. His interest in keeping his community a whole drove him to do something for it.
We are connected to this ancient civilization and it's laws because we probably learned from them how to, one, write down our rules, and two, to make up laws in the first place. If we had no laws in America, there wold be terrible things going on, and no one would ever be captured for it.
Striding Lion
BABYLONIAN
The great goddess of love and war, Ishtar's symbol was the lion. This lion once was on the "Processional Way", a way that led out of the city that led out of a huge gate named after Ishtar. The lion was a big part of the Mesopotamian's New Year's Day celebration.Human need, interest and curiosity drove the people to think of gods to worship, and also holidays to celebrate. The lion that they chose to represent Ishtar was a creative gesture in which to create a cultural thing to go on for generations to come.
We are connected to this ancient civilization and their holidays and beliefs because I believe that the Mesopotamians sent on their ideas of celebrating and having gods and goddesses to worship. These are all creative ideas that became cultural and traditional throughout time, and that made us have holidays and rituals and things to connect with our community.
Sumerian Statuette
SUMERIAN
This statuette was found, along with many others, was found buried in a pit next to an altar of the Abu Temple. It is thought to be a priest, because it doesn't have the full beard and hair as any other man of its stature would have. These statuettes were placed in sanctuaries as offerings, and later were buried when the temple was rebuilt or remodeled.Human need, interest and curiosity drove the Mesopotamians to create rituals and religion. They also made statues and statuettes to represent different things within their religions and rituals.
We are connected with this ancient civilization because we, too, have different religions, rituals, and statues that represent different things. The Mesopotamians, I believe, sent on their ideas of rituals and worshipping throughout their generations so that they could keep them going, and we now have those ideas, and love them.
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