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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 Sumerian kings have to do?
they placed the power to govern in kings because they believed the god let the kings rule. the gods let the kings rule because the kings worshipped them. the priests were also leaders but not as strong as kings. kings were trusted with Sumerian government because they strongly believed in their religion.
What wis an important sumerian invention?
Three of the Sumerians main inventions were the wheel, the plow and cuneiform. Cuneiform was the first forms of writing. The alphabet was distinguished by wedge-shaped marks.
Irrigation was a huge invention. With the creation of levees and canals the Sumerian's controlled water flow to their crops. This was a major advance in farming because it stopped crops from flooding and brought water to the crops instead of water needing to be carried.
Sumerians contributed greatly to the area of mathematics. The first number system along with addition, subtraction, multiplication and division were said to come from the Sumer people. They came up with 360° circles, , and time. 60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour and 24 hours in a day were Sumerian creations.
Eridu is argued to be the oldest city on earth. Eridu was built and settled by Sumerians. The Sumerians started the tradition of burying people when they died. The dead were buried with food and tools.
The Sumer people had the first evidence of religion and constructed temples. They worshipped the god Enki. King Alulim is assumed to be the first king of Eridu and the first king ever.
Other Sumerian inventions include the first schools and education, dentistry, domestication of animals, razors, frying pans, sailboats, kilns to cook bricks and make pottery, children's toys, cosmetics,
What roles did scribes play in Sumer?
Scribes were writers. They recorded daily events and important information.
You can see cuneiform writing on hardened clay tablets. The wedge shaped symbols tell us about our daily life today
Why was trade important to Sumerian city-states?
their ability to work, their craftsmanship
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Sumerians did not have any advance over the economy relative to their place and time. They were there to do their mission.
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 .
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.
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?
