streda 4. januára 2012

Life in Mesopotamia Empire

The daily life was most based on the work that the people did. Most of the civilization worked at farming, other than farming was potters, builders, trader, servants, priests, kings, elders and slaves.
            They had their special clothing that men wore skirt which is called a garments ( a flounced skirt) that tied at the waist. Women usually wore gowns that covered them from their shoulders to their ankles. The right arm and shoulder were left uncovered. Men were either clean shaven or had long hair and beards. Women wore their hair long, but they usually braided it and wrapped it around their heads. When entertaining guests, women would place headdresses in their hair.
            Pots in Mesopotamia were famous because they were able to make everything shiny without any design. And they have used potting wheels (some special wheels) to make the pots.
            The Mesopotamians believed in more than three thousand god. Each city has owned its own particular god. After that each god has owned an activity or a role. They have rote many stories about them most famous was the epic of gilagmesh (it’s the oldest story) and it has contained many myths.
            They also had their writing system that consisted of a fraction of texts in the old sumarians.

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