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1. The jobs listed on page 56 in the Our World Textbook are farmers, shepherds, herders. The specialized laborers or workers that would have been in Mesopotamian society to domesticate sheep, cattle, and pigs would have been shepherds, farmers, and herders. The farmers would work with the sheep, cattle, and the pigs, the shepherds would work with the sheep, and the herders would work with the cattle. The animals provide food for the population, and they provide materials for clothing to be made. In other words, shepherds, farmers, and herders would have been in the Mesopotamian society to domesticate sheep, cattle, and pigs by using them as food, and using the wool, and the hides from the cattle as materials for making clothing.

2. The job involved with writing cuneiform is scratching a wet clay tablet with a sharp reed pen. The name of this job is a scribe which is a official writer. The responsibilities of being a scribe is recording laws, songs, and legends. 3. On pages 58 and 59 of the Our World Textbook in the photo the top row from left to right the jobs are a servant or peasant, leader, nobles, and a harpist. In the middle row from left to right the jobs are shepherds and herders, and farmers. In the bottom row from left to right the jobs are peasants and laborers.

5. Slaves were usually prisoners of war from distant regions who were sold in Sumer's cities by slave merchants, and the slaves wore a special haircut so they could be identified. Slaves lived with servants wealthy Sumerians in their large, mud-brick houses. The life in Sumer was hard with a little time for fun.In typical Sumeran family that was poor, everyone worked, parents taught crafts to the children, children worked at young age, their homes were small mud-walled huts with reed mats for sleeping, and they clay pots and baskets to store their few possessions. The head of both the rich and the poor Sumerian families was the father. The sons were taught to be future heads of their own homes, and the daughters were taught to be obedient wives and mothers. Some wealthy girls became landowners and businesswomen, but they could never have the same rights as men. For example, a Sumerian women, no matter how wealthy could not divorce her husband. A man, however, had only to pay a fine to get a divorce. There were many differences between the jobs and responsibilities of men and women. For example, no matter how wealthy the women was she never had as much power as the men, no matter how wealthy the women was she couldn't get a divorce, but, however, a man had to pay a fine to get the divorce.