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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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Are the Sumerians and the Babylonians religion the same?
The Sumerians inhabited the valley of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers where they established independent city-states as the centre of the agricultural areas.
The Babylonians established their empire to absorbing these cities and their land.
They also absorbed their religious structures and gods.
they mixed copper and tin to make bronze
look up the process of making bronze to learn the whole procedure
How were Sumerians problem solvers and inventors?
read your social studies book and do your hw by yourself w/o the internet, lazy dog.. :P
How did the sumerian's view their gods?
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.
Why was the sumerian irrigation system important?
The Sumerian Irrigation System was important. since they had drought, this helped get water to crops.
What is the most important job in Sumer?
proably farming because without farmer there would be no citys(also fishing
What race were the ancient Sumerians?
they were semites that's their race then after their empire fall apart they formed several empires and spoke many languages afterward such as Hebrew , aramiac and lastly Arabic , the descendants of the summerians and babylonians are the Arabs of today
What three tribes conquered and ruled mesopotamia after the decline of sumer's city-state?
They knew how to do it so they didn't come back until their ruler was a better leader
Why are sumerians priest so important to there culture?
The priests were inportent to their culture because they did alot like, leading the milatary, arranging trades, settling argyments, and directing public events.
Why were the twin rivers so important to the sumerian life?
Sumerian civilization is the earliest know on earth. for the first time, people began to control their physical environment. The sumerians knew they had to control the twin rivers. The rivers flooded each spring. When the water went down, natural levees or raised areas of soil, remained behind. The sumerians built the levees even higher and used them to keep back the flood waters. During summer when the land became dry, they poked holes in levees. The river water that ran throught the holes made channels in the soil. Then they used it to water crops.
What was the greatest contributions of the sumerians and the babylonians?
The sumerians made the 1st writing code, and the Babylonians made the Hammurabi code and the 1st written law
It is suggested that he was the cup-bearer to Urzababa, the King in Kish at the time. Before this time there were no empires so if you were a king you just ruled one city. Some suggest he fled to Susa in the east (edge of modern day Iran) where he was able to lead an army (where did he get it? we don't know) and start from the eastern city of Susa and work his way west, taking all the southern Mesopotamian cities and uniting them under one government. Another version is that he just took the throne from in Kish and went from there.
What did the sumerians use to keep track of business deals?
they used Sumilphabet, the first written language, to write receipts for purchases
it is the longest day of the year. and the first day of summer!
What did Sumerian slaves wear?
they would wear clothes. and have an ipod touch and do all the work vertually by playing mind craft
