Module+7

Brainstorm List of Topics:


 * Domestic Abuse
 * Divorce
 * Fertility Cults
 * Gender and Power
 * Marriage Practices
 * Prostitution
 * Religious Myths
 * Religious Rituals
 * Women's Rights Protected in the Law
 * Women's Work Roles within Mesopotamian Society

Topic of Interest:

I am interested what women's roles were in Ancient Mesopotamia. Where Mesopotamian women able to obtain property like Egyptian women and what was the extent of their power? Was it noted in the Hammurabi Code of Laws? I am also interested the fertility cults of Mesopotamia and the society's perception of these women. I would like to know what their roles and rituals were in their society. Also, I would like to see how the fertility cults followers and rituals varied throughout Mesopotamia.