Mesopotamia

1792

I think about 2133 BC

The sumerians used dikes and ditches.

Prior to the development of the major civilizations along the Nile, the locals lived in structures made of adobe-like mud brick and structures made of thatch over simple wood frames. Many of the stone columns in later monuments were carved to resemble bundles of papyrus bound together to form columns. There were probably a few caves along the banks of the Nile, as well. Rod Burrows, PE

In about 3000 BCE, their first city, Ur, was established. By about 2500 BCE they had established a ruling system that involved dynasties.

Sumerian religion has its roots in the worship of nature, such as the wind and water. The ancient sages of Sumer found it necessary to bring order to that which they did not understand and to this end they came to the natural conclusion that a greater force was at work. The forces of nature were originally worshipped as themselves. However, over time the human form became associated with those forces. Gods in human form were now seen to have control over nature.

In much the same way that modern Christians try to please their God, the Sumerians pleased their gods in order to bring good fortune upon themselves. They accepted the priests as their religious leaders because they were intermediaries between the people and the gods.

They worship and pray to there gods (7) at least twice a day .

It concerns all the Empire and all class of persons being rich or poor.

because his laws were meant for everyone and it was fair. If a rich person and and a commoner made the bad thing they would get the same treatment

NOT! In social studies now i am learning about The Sumerians and ancient Sumerian empires. And, A rich person and a commoner would NOT have the same punishment. If you were rich then you would pay back something. Like one of Hammurabi's laws are the following:

If a commoner poked the eye of a man out he would have his eye poked out too.

If a rich commoner poked the eye of another commoners eye out then he would have to sell his wife daughter or son to business for 3 years.

Another thing, if a SLAVE had done something then he would also have more severe punishments. Like this:

If a commoner poked out the eye of another commoners bull's eye out he would pay the amount of that bull double.

If a slave poked out the eye of a commoners bull then he would have his eye poked out too.

and I don't know whats up with the eyes I'm just copying what the teacher (no worksheet) said.

and ill tell you something else i heard about his laws:

What the person did (pd): boy slap his father

Punishment (p): hand would get cut off

pd: Nun went into a wine store to get a drink ( i know crazy! they had wine!)

p:IS killed

PD: a wife disobeys her duties and ignores her husband

P: Killed

that's all i remember but yea.

For some reason nobody knows and im hella pissed

The Sumerians developed a number system based on the unit 60, which was called sexegesimal numeric system. It was also used by the Babylonians.

the sumerians writing was called cuniform, and it was signifigant because it was the world's first writing system

Well it fell because of Weak kings, poor harvests, slow trade, over taxing people, & the Persians conquered Babylon.

mesopotamia
unpredictable flooding

terrace farming

The Sumerians used a plant called papyrus to weave paper. The Sumerians used the paper to record stuff such as records and letters. The word paper actually comes from papyrus

Mesopotamia is the land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Sumerians learned to control the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers by constructing levees and irrigation canals.

They Contributed is the Clay Tablet, Ziggurats, and Records

The conquest was only getting in town for all the Babylonians to receive him with open arms. There was no fight. Under his rule, the empire embraced all the previous civilized states of the ancient Near East, expanded vastly and eventually conquered most of Southwest Asia and much of Central Asia and the Caucasus. At the time of Babylon, his army worked a detour of the river so they could walk in a waist deep river and the Babylonians received him. He worked two edicts described in the Bible as being made by Cyrus the Great left a lasting legacy on the Jewish religion where because of his policies in Babylonia, and one of them was to let the Jewish go back to Israel and build the temple back again.

The oldest form of money is cattle

According to accounts, the gardens were built to cheer up Nebuchadnezzar's homesick wife, Amyitis. Amyitis, daughter of the king of the Medes, was married to Nebuchadnezzar to create an alliance between the two nations. The land she came from, though, was green, rugged and mountainous, and she found the flat, sun-baked terrain of Mesopotamia depressing. The king decided to relieve her depression by recreating her homeland through the building of an artificial mountain with rooftop gardens.

The King of Hammurabi had rlues of justice, for example, if you poked out someone's eye, then as a punishment you'd get your eye poked out. If you kill someone, the king will kill you as punishment.

Yes...

The Sumerians did make the Wheel in the Plow...

The first shapes were discovered in the place where they settled