Sumer

they dug irrigation ditches from the river to their fields so they could bring water to their crops.

the sumerians used their spears to hunt animals and to cut down trees and other things.

It was an organized monarcy.

Yes, the Natufian peoples were the first to move into the mesopotamian region to settle. However, Natufians were not a united people but rather a collection of city-states in a common region. The Sumerians of southern mesopotamia were the first settled people to occupy many city-states with a common culture linking them all together.

The Sumerians believed that the world was created out of an an ancient sea from whence the universe, gods, and people were created. They believed that the universe was ruled by these gods, who were anthropomorphic (they had human features and personalities) and who represented various natural phenomenon. Each Sumerian city-state had its own patron deity to whom the citizens paid homage. Temples, known as ziggurats, were often erected in the cities to honor and house each city's god. The city of Ur, for example, constructed a ziggurat for Nanna, the god of the moon. The key gods of the Sumerians were Enki (god of water), Ki (god of earth), Enlil (god of air), and An (god of heaven). These main gods were believed to have created the rules of Sumerian society to which all people were expected to adhere. Sumerians also believed that the reason for their existence was to delight the gods. The observance of certain rituals and animal sacrifices were considered necessary in order to satisfy these often capricious deities. Sources: Tom B. Jones, "Sumer," Grolier Electronic Encyclopedia, 1993; Samuel Noah Kramer, Cradle of Civilization, New York: Time Incorporated, 1969; World History, Volume One, St. Paul, MN: West Publishing Company, 1991; http://www.ee.ucl.ac.uk/~lheagney/mesopotamia/SUMER.html

They were Nomads. I think they are people in ancient Sumer (modern day southern Iraq) who herd animals. It could also refer to people who are wandering in Sumer who play the card game called Animal Herders.

Animal Herders is a card game for kids that is similar to Pokemon but much more simple. The cards focus on a picture of either a clay animal or a clay food. Two players build a herd and then battle one herd against another. The more powerful herd wins while skill is used in building the herd strategically and maintaining the herd through the use of food. The game is not yet released but has an expected release date of August or September of 2009. See http://www.animalherders.com/ for more information.

The people who lived there then (4000 to 1000 BC) are still there. It's only been a few thousand years, so it's reasonable to assume that they still look the same (aside from the clothes).

Sumeria -> Mesopotamia -> Iraq

Answer: Sumarians looked like Iraqis.

They sought resins and the Cedars of Lebanon but they also traded for ivory, gold, silver and precious stones like Lapis lazuli.

Sumerians developed important mathematical ideas. They also created a number system based on 60. We have them to thank for our 60-minute hour, 60 second minute and the 360- degree circle.They used geometry to measure fields and put up bulidings

The Sumerians were the first known civilization with a written language called Cuneiform. Translating the hundreds of symbols and patterns told us that these people not only payed taxes but had report cards. Mostly, "documents" were found that pertained to matters of currency or government. The Sumerians used math for bookkeeping, building, and time. We adapted their 60 seconds in 1 minute, 60 minutes in one hour, and 24 hours in a day calender system. (the 24 hours in one day derived from the 3 segments on your fingers on both hands. The Sumerians used their thumb to count each segment and that's where we get 24 from.

Yes they invented the twelve month calender.

they traded grain and clay and guns and weapons and stuff and stuff and stuff and stuff and stuff and stuff and stuff and stuff and stuff and stuff and stuff with people from a different countries and people out of the Persian gulf and Mcdonalds and Burger King and Wendys

The Sumerians were in existence during the Neolithic and early Bronze Age. They used stone hammers and bronze implements and weapons.

Upper: Kings, Warriors, Priests, etc.

Middle: Merchants, Farmers, Fishers, Artisans.

Lower: Enslaved people, Criminals, Unskilled worked.

Fur Trappers, Lumer shipping, and Slave trading were popular jobs back in the 1600-1700s.

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The basic units of

Sumerian civilization were city-states.

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

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

Their eyes were opened to the powers of the Universe.

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.

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.

a ziggurat

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.

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