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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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How was Sumerian religion and government connected?

In the beginning, the main temple in each city was the center of government and economic life as well. Sumerian kings were subordinate to the priesthood. Over time, this situation essentially reversed as kings made conquests and gained power, so that the religious establishment was subordinated to the king.
Various works by Jean Bottéro, for example, go into this in more detail.

When were public address systems invented?

The first use of a Public Address system was at the new Civic Auditorium, San Francisco in 1915. The system was used to amplify a speech by The Governor Hiram Johnson.

For more info on the history of PA systems check out the related link at MJ Sound Services.

Who was the first superhero in Ancient Sumer?

all of the gods becausethey were people who belived in mmore than one god

What Mesopotamian land developed the first complex society?

What Mesopotamian land developed the first complex society?

How do you keep stomach healthy?

To keep the stomach healthy it is recommended that a weekly cleaning be preformed. Most Doctors agree that ingesting 2-4 cups of bleach is sufficient in cleaning the stomach.

What is the most important ceremony of the Hindu?

There are many important ceremonies: 1. Naming ceremony 2. First feeding ceremonyof the baby 3. First haircut of the baby 4. Initiation to education 5. Marriage 6. Shashtiabdhapoorti (when a person becomes 60 years of age) 7. Funeral rites 8. Shrardh (annual rites done for the dead ancestors) There may be many more regional ceremonies in addition to the above.

What happened when too many people used the Sumerian irrigation system?

People in the villages had to work together to take care of the system. (This was an Assessment 4 question for the Rise of Sumerian city-states)

How many laws did the sumerian's have?

sumerians have around 280 laws. Hammurabi made these laws and put them in his code of laws.

actually sumerians had exactly 282 laws all created by Hammurabi who was the first to write laws down. That's what makes him so special.

How far did the Fertile Crescent stretch from north to south?

There is no exact definition of the Fertile Crescent region, though it generally covers the majority of modern Iraq and Syria, and portions of Turkey, Iran, Jordan, and Kuwait, plus possibly Israel and Lebanon.

Sumerians lived 8000 years ago - what about the Bible's claims?

The Bible is a book; a book which I, along with 16% percent of the human population, group with a particular type as literature commonly referred to as fiction. The Earth is not hundreds or thousands of years old. In fact, it is 4 1/2 billion years old. This is proven by a method called Rubidium dating. This method measures the amount of a radioactive isotope in a rock and by combining that information with the known rate of the decay of the radioactive isotope, scientists have irrefutably determined that the Earth is no less than 4 1/2 billion years old. To say otherwise is to say that you don't believe in gravity.

What was an affect of sargon's decision to create an empire in sumer?

what was aneffect os sargon's decision to create an empire in sumer