Mesopotamia

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  1. 2. Persons who relied on others (the head of the household) for their basic needs and support, such as children, kins, elderly, or disabled family members.
  2. 3. A social class of individuals in the highest social hierarchy with significant power, wealth, and influence, playing a crucial role in the governance and cultural life of Mesopotamian city-states
  3. 5. A female religious leader who served in temples dedicated to various gods and goddesses like Inanna or Ishtar.
  4. 7. A method used to supply water to crops.
  5. 11. A religious leader in Mesopotamia, often served by servants.
  6. 13. A person working in a workshop or guild to share techniques, regulate standards and, offer support among artisans
  7. 15. 16. A legendary king of Uruk, whose epic adventures are recorded in the Epic of Gilgamesh poem.
  8. 18. The cultivation of crops, essential for Mesopotamian survival.
  9. 20. The basic social and economic unit consisting of family members, servants, and slaves living together under one roof, reflecting the broader structure of Mesopotamian society.
  10. 21. A skilled craftsman or worker who specialized in producing goods like pottery, textiles, metalwork, jewelry, or other handmade items in workshops or for wealthy patrons
  11. 22. A person who writes or copies texts, often a servant in Mesopotamia.
  12. 23. The art of making clay vessels, often done by servants.
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  1. 1. A person who performs duties for other households.
  2. 2. The responsibilities and tasks assigned to each individual within the Mesopotamian society such as farming, governing, trading and conducting religious ceremonies
  3. 4. The separation of work into specific tasks, common among Mesopotamian servants.
  4. 6. The practice of owning people as property, common in Mesopotamia.
  5. 8. The cultivation of crops, essential for Mesopotamian survival.
  6. 9. A common craft among Mesopotamian servants, producing textiles.
  7. 10. Compensation given to laborers and servants in exchange for their labor in Mesopotamia such as farm produce and clothing
  8. 12. The people of ancient Sumer, credited with many innovations.
  9. 14. The ruler of a Mesopotamian city-state.
  10. 16. The sixth king of Babylon, known for his code of laws.
  11. 17. A person involved in trade, selling goods to other traders locally and other neighboring regions.
  12. 19. A person in the lower class who performed manual or physical labor, often in farming, construction projects like Ziggurats other labor-intensive activities for a wage.