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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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Sumerians developed cuneiform around 2400 B.C.E.
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3500 B.C.
What made it harder to live in sumer than in the zagros foothills?
Because they didn't have rivers or mountains to ward off enemies:]
i think not a 100% sure?
Which was the most important sumerian invention?
Probably the first form of writing ever. :P Cuneiform is what it was called. It was a type of writing where they would use triangular-formed styluses to push down into the clay to create different shapes, which were different letters. Not many citizens knew how to read or write.
Does the country Sumer worship more than one Deity?
First of all, Sumer is not a country and it never was a country. Sumer was in the area we now call Iraq many thousands of years ago. To answer your question, yes, the Sumerians worshiped many, many gods.
What role did women play in the Sumerian civilization?
The role of women in Sumerian Society was to stay home and take care of the kids and the house. Richer women could get an education and become a Priestess.
Why Is the Invention of the Wheel So Important?
wheel is one of the revolutionary simple machine which help human race to develop at high speed and it contribute upto great extent in civilization of homosapiens as it make travelling easy and faster
What did most egyptians and sumerians make a living out of?
Until about 1900, the vast majority of all humans living have made their living through agriculture; farming. It has only been in the last century that farmers have been so productive that more people buy food than growing their own.
How were the homes of rich sumerians similar to most sumerians?
They lived in houses with many rooms around a small courtyard.
What type of rulership did sumerian have?
The Chaldean Sumerians had a Priest-governor under the Burgher System's Democratic Republic. In the later 3rd millennium BC, some of Sumer's City-States were ruled by Akkadians under a Priest-King but still under the Sumerian's Burgher System called 'civilization'.
by: Richard David Dellerman, dellerman9090@live.com
Why were the sumerians at constant war with other people?
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Why were Sumerian settlements called city-states?
A city and its supporting surrounding agricultural land formed independent mini-states.
Almost everything was made from wood so the ax and the adze were really essential.
Sumeraian society was divided into several classes with kings at the top, free people in the middle, and slaves at the bottom.
