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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 were the Sumerian women civilization roles like?

they had all of the sumerian rights just like Egyptian wome

What is the earliest and largest city of sumer?

The cities of Mesopotamia were:

  • Akkad
  • Alalah
  • Aleppo
  • Assur
  • Babel
  • Babylon
  • Isin
  • Kanes
  • Kush
  • Mari
  • Nineveh
  • Nippur
  • Susa
  • Ugarit
  • Ur
  • Uruk

What did sumerians use as medicine?

The Sumerians did at one point invent medicine, but it was invented even earlier by the people of Grease and Egypt.

Why did sumerians try to please their god?

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.

How did the views of Sumerians differ from the views of Egyptians about the leaders?

The sumerians view differed, because of their environment. Sumerians were surrounded by mountains and often had floods. Egyptians always had good things happen to them. Thus environment shapes religion.

Why did separate city-states develop in sumer?

The Sumerian communities were called city states because there cities are so large that they are almost as large as a normal state but the are in dependent states.

What type of religion did the Sumerians have?

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

What did sumerians call their writing?

Economic receipts and warehouse inventories.

What did Sumerians wear?

Men wore skirts that tied at the waist, with either a clean shave or long hair. Women wore dresses that covered from shoulder to toe, without covering the right arm and shoulder. All Sumerians wore jewelry, but if they attended a party or celebration, they wore more than usual. if you were a wealthier Sumerian, you would wear silver and gold jewelry.

How did Sumerian provide their shelter?

The Haida used the cedar tree and its bark to construct their homes. The homes were fashioned in a rectangular shape with cedar planks and bark was used to form the roofs. Pronounced 'HIGH-dah' in English the name meant person.

How did sumerians get water?

it got its water from the "chain pump." the chain pump was a system that had two big wheels, one above another, and they were connected together by a chain. the chain has buckets on it, which dip into a small pool of water and go up the chain to a higher elevated pool. the buckets topple over into the elevated pool and dump the water into the pool, then the empty buckets go down the chain to be refilled. the plants are then watered by sections with the chain pump.

How did sumerians celebrate holidays?

AnswerThe Sumerians sang hymns, some of which have been found on stone slabs, prayed and offered sacrifices. No doubt they learnt, as children, the scriptures that would be important in their lives.

What were interesting places in Sumer?

For some reason nobody knows and im hella pissed

Why was technology important in ancient sumer?

technology helped sumerian civilization develop by machines and other things.

What examples of Sumerian brutality or violence?

in Sumerian society the character of Gilgamesh suggest that Sumerian society could be violent by

Were Sumerians monotheistic?

polytheism was what the sumarians practices because poly means lots and mono means 1

Did the sumerians invent a math system based on units of 60?

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

What was the Sumerians writing called and why is it so significant?

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

What was one of the important contributions of the sumerian people?

1. ways of hunting

2. iron

3. different types of medicines (most important)