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    Discuss the Sacred Temples (Ziggurats) of Mesopotamia.
    The Sacred Temples:


    (i) Each city of Mesopotamia had its separate protector God. The people built sacred temples or ziggurats or ‘Hill of Heavens’ on the artificial high hill in memory of their patron God in the centre of the city.

    (ii) Every big temple had a huge tower like multi-storeyed building. Out of these ziggurats, the prominent ones were the temple of the Moon God Mannar at Ur the temple of the Sun God shams at Lagash and the Temple of God Enlil at Nippur.

    These were multi-storeyed buildings where the upper floor was successively smaller than the lower one.

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    What is called the 'Sacred Temples' of Mesopotamia?

    Ziggurats or Hill of Heavens.

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    Describe the contribution of the Mesopotamian civilization to world. 

    The contributions: 

    1. The Mesopotamians were the first people to introduce the use of the potter's wheel to the world.

    2. They were the first to enter into written trade agreement.

    3. They also introduced to the world the idea of a written Code of Law.

    4. They were the first people to divide a day into 24 hours, an hour into 60 minutes and a minute into 60 seconds.

    5. They were first to develop a script and established the libraries and reading rooms.

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    Mention the chief social classes into which the Mesopotamian society had been divided. 

    The Society was mainly divided into three classes :



    1. The Higher Class : This class represented the King and his relations, the priests and the Government officials.

    2. The Middle Class : This class consisted of the landlords, the merchants, the craftmen and the shopkeepers.

    3. The Lower Class : In this class there were the farmers, the labourers, the prisoners of war and the slaves.

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    Who were the first people to divide a day into 24 hours, an hour into 60 minutes and a minute into 60 seconds?

    The Mesopotamians.

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