An object can say a lot about a person and where it was made. One way you can see
where it was made is what its made out of, because that would be what they had to make it.
You can also see their strategy in how they fought in war and battle. As well as any other day
objects. Even knowing the kind of gods they worshipped.

     First, the religion of the Mesopotamian civilization is Polytheism, they believed in many
gods. According to smspromotion and mrdonns, their belief affected how they lived their lives,
how they celebrated, and their traditions. They had a god for everything and each god had a
job. They would make idols and even feed, dress, and clean them. What ever happened was a
result of what the gods felt. There were rituals for everything, even birth, for good fortune and
happiness from the gods. They built temples and statues for the gods. They were afraid that if
they stopped praying and giving offerings to the gods that they would get bad fortune, so they
made little praying statues of themselves.

     Following, a artifact is a object that usually has some sort of connection to culture and
historical theme that is made by a person.This artifact is a 4000 year old mace head. At first
people thought it might be a ancient fidget spinner. According to historychannel, and
universityofchicago, the artifact dates within the range of about 2000 and 1800 B.C. and is
made of baked clay. They also thought it might be a astrological divination. This mace head
was meant to be put up on the top of a shaft to act like a bigger version of a hammer. One of
the reasons why they thought it could be a toy is because mace heads are usually made out of
stone not baked clay. The three edges on this object are supposed to be animal heads, a bull,
ibex, and lion. Mace heads weren't hard to make and were cheap. They started to think it as a
weapon because it looked to violent for a child's toy, also they found it in a temple with other

weapons. Maces were thought to be weapons of the gods. There is even a mythological story
about a enchanted talking mace.

     Next, this next artifact is the wheel. The first wheel was made for a potters wheel.
According to ancietmesopotamians and ducksters, the oldest wheel found yet, dates back
around 3500 B.C. After the potters wheel they started to put them on carts so they didn't have
to carry anything, then they started going on longer trips so they needed transportation. First
time they used wheels to get somewhere was in 3200 B.C. The Sumerians were the first to use
it. First the wheel was made of mud, clay, and rock then they transitioned to wood. After that
they started to attach them to carts and chariots.

     Finally, this artifact is a statute of one of their goddesses, Ishtar. Ishtar is the goddess of
love, beauty, desire, fertility, war, combat, and political power. According to wikipedia, and long
ago and far away, Mesopotamia (book) the artists would make statues of the gods out of
baked clay, then even feed them, put clothes on them, and wash them. Ishtar was a popular
god that people believed in until the time when Christianity began to be more popular. Ishtar's
statue was carved to perfection, in the statue Ishtar is holding a hooked shaped not of reeds
which is one of her many symbols (hooked shaped not of reeds, star of Ishtar, lion, rod and
ring, and symbolic staff). Ishtar’s greek version is Aphrodite, her symbol planet is, Venus. Ishtar
is famous for the story of her going to the underworld. Some think that Ishtar is a female copy
of the god Attar. Ishtar was supposed to be the goddess of warfare, and love but she is often
mistaken for the goddess of marriage and motherhood.

     Theres still more objects to be found to tell a story. Stories that reveal more secrets of
how they lived. Stories that explain ordinary things we use every day, and that we take for
granted. Even stories that tell you the action those people took to please the ones they
worshiped.