Sumer

they did nothing at all

Yes they did settle on fertile land

because he was dead!

It's a mystery they settled in Mesopotamia though.

Cuneiform was created by the Sumerians.

When the Sumerians first developed their script, it was read from top to bottom. Around 3000 BCE they began reading from left to right and their characters rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise.

Probably the commonest and most simple definition of civilization is that it applies to any culture that builds cities. The Sumerians definitely built cities.

Aside from that, they had a high culture. They developed irrigation, organized agriculture, writing, household furniture, musical instruments, and political systems.

There are links below.

Temples/Ziggurats

The Sumerians believed in 3,000 plus gods to explain everything in nature, but everything was not understood. Belief in so many gods made the Sumerians a polytheistic people. The gods controlled everything in the environment.

Sumerian life was different from life in a small farming community because Sumer was a civilization. The five different traits that define a civilization were all present in Sumer that couldn't possibly exist in a diminutive farming community. Sumer would be closer to the lifestyle today than a small farming community would be. Sumer grew from advanced cities, had complex institutions, developed record-keeping, and applied advanced technology to everyday endeavors, unlike the characteristic traits of a farming community, which would be a band of people living together, with primitive technology and no governing or record keeping, and probably on its way to being a city. A person living in Sumer would probably have a specialized job which he would be an expert in; belong to a social class, and trade to acquire the resources he needs. A person living in a farming community would depend on his own crops and animals for resources, have no defined social class, and would have a job, which would most likely be farming.

Areeb Usmani
Grade 9

Nomadic warriors want to conquer the city-states of Sumer because they wanted the riches of the empires.

Where do the Sumerian kings live

The plow made planting much faster and easier.

they had to get all of the government together and that is how they decided.

I think priests were so influential because without priests, who would know what the gods needs.
so they can make new jobs
Priests were influential Sumerian Society because they told the Sumerians what the gods are going to do. I guess THANKS!
I think priests were so influential because without priests, who would know what the gods need. Its a priests responsibility to collect the sharing and scarifies for the gods.
They believed in many gods so the priests were often asked for help and they believed priests had the connection to all gods
Because they belived the gods were using the priests to communicate to them just like incans , mayans, and many others

they had gold i think

In 1869, Jules Oppert suggested to the French society of Numismatics & Archeology that recognition be given to the existence of Pre-Akkadian language & people. Pointing out that early rulers of Mesopotamia proclaimed their legitimacy by taking the title "King of Sumer & Akkad," he suggested the people be called "Sumerians," and their land, "Sumer.

Except for mispronouncing the name - it should have been Shumer, not Sumer - Oppert was right.

Book of Genesis had clearly stated: The royal cities of Babylon & Akkad & Erech were in "the Land of Shin'ar. Shin'ar was the biblical name for Shumer.

Once the scholars had accepted these conclusions, the flood gates were opened. The first significant excavation of a Sumerian site was begun in 1877 by French archaeologists. Finds were so extensive that others continued to dig until 1933 without completing the job.

Zecharia Sitchin, author of "The 12th Planet"

the land in summer is.... first learn to spell, then I will tell you my answer

writing and literature

The Ubaid are considered the first agents of civilization in the region.

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