p5ch2culture

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 * **Theme** || **How does this theme apply to your civilization?** ||
 * Religions || * The Mesopotamians were polytheistic.
 * Priestly elites were believed to be able to intervene with the gods to ensure their village good fortune. ||
 * Belief Systems, philosophies, and ideologies || * Hammurabi and other Babylonians believed in the law of retaliation, so that convicted person would receive a punishment similar to the crime that they committed, for instance if a person killed someone else, they would be killed ||
 * Science and Technology || * Mesopotamians knew how to tap rivers to draw water.
 * The Mesopotamians also knew how to make bronze weapons which were much more effective than rock and wood.* The Sumerians were the first known people to use wheels to move things. ||
 * The arts and architecture || * The Phoenecians made many sculptures, and many were made from ivory ||