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Sumer

Sumer was a region in ancient Mesopotamia, which is now modern day Iraq. The Sumer civilization was one of the first to develop agricultural skills.

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What did the Sumerians use math for?

it helped them alot, to also tell time time, by the minutes like 60 Min's 60 sec and other stuff. written slol4lifemaize

What did the Chinese and the Sumerians had in common?

what the Chinese and the Sumerians had in common and what was unique about each culture. (5 points)

What does the wide eye in Sumerian art mean?

Their eyes were opened to the powers of the Universe.

Who was the King of Babylon who attacked the Sumerians?

2 Kings 25 - The Fall of Jerusalem and the Captivity of Judah

A. Jerusalem is conquered.

1. (1-3) Jerusalem under siege.

Now it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem and encamped against it; and they built a siege wall against it all around. So the city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine had become so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.

What metal did Sumerian merchants not import?

It is widely believed that iron was the only metal not imported by Sumerian merchants as their tools and weapons were crafted using either copper or bronze metals.

What was unique about sumer?

There is quite a bit known about the Sumerian civilization. People known as Ubaidians in the fifth millennium formed settlements that would become Sumer. The Sumarians after 3250 BC began to intermarry with locals and thus formed Sumerians. The Sumerians would eventually form the Semites, those people living in the Middle East and Mesopotamia. They had a long history of decline and prospering, and built cities discussed in the Old Testament.

In ancient Sumer many houses were made of?

The main material that Sumerian houses were made out of is sun baked mud bricks

The sumerian developed a system of writing known as?

cuneiform was the system of writing that the Sumerians invented

if you are in sixth grade this is a question you will be getting in social studies!

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Which invention or advancement of the sumerians do you think was the most important?

The most important invention of the Sumerian's was Irrigation.

Irrigation is how the Sumerian's led their water through pipes, etc.

Did the sumerians have a calendar?

It was based on the moon's rotation around the earth. The year therefore consisted of twelve moon cycles, which is roughly 40 days less than the sun-year we use today.

Why did Sumer grow weak?

The Sumerian city-states lost power when their empire weakened. They became vulnerable to attacks from groups of people such as the Akkadians. Eventually, the Sumerian city-states lost control and the Akkadian king, Sargon, set up the world's first empire, which eventually, fell in to the Babylonians. ~dolphinluv99

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Who took over the Sumerians?

The ROMANS

they invaded after Darius the Third

What were the functions of the rulers of the sumerian city-states?

they ruled the land and protected them from any bad spirits. They also gave the sacrifices for the gods

What was the lowest social class in sumer?

The lower class was made up of people who were forced to serve others. Also slaveholders took care of their property's people they were cleaning for)

What did the sumerian kings do?

The Sumerian kings set up punishments and made laws for their people. Also a Sumerian king would solve any problems someone in their power had. The people would come to the king and ask him a question. The king would give them a solution.

How did the plow help sumer?

The plow was use for farming. It would be pulled by an animal & make sections through the dit to plant the seeds.

How did a surplus effect sumer?

gave them more jobs but i know this is not very helpful