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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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Why did priests enjoy such a high position in Sumerian society?
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Priests have enjoyed high status in every society since shamanistic times. They have presented themselves as having, by virtue of their ability to communicate with the gods, power over human affairs in both this life and the next. People sought their intercession for favourable harvests or success in war, and at the same time feared what an angry priest could do to harm them. It was easy for priests to accumulate wealth, both by seeking donations from the faithful and by using their positions to avoid payment of taxes. With wealth goes even greater prestige and power.
Sumerian religious beliefs and Sumerian society are so remote from the modern world that it can be hard to understand this ability of the Sumerian priests to have such power over the ordinary people and even the kings. However, if we look at the medieval Catholic Church, we see the same ability of priests and popes to wield power for their personal benefit. The popes considered themselves superior to kings and indeed, for much of the Middle Ages, they were wealthier than kings. In all history, it is only in recent times that clerics have been treated as respected humans but subject to the same standards as others.
What are the Sumerian's inventions?
The Sumerians invented many things, such as: Writing, Irrigation, Monarchy, Astronomy, and many others.
The Sumerians also organized Government. The first kind of writing was designed by the Sumerians; This was called Cuneiform.
They invented things like wheels, sailboats, irrigation systems, canals, the water wheel, copper tools, bronze weapons, jewerly, sun-dried bricks, the pottery wheel, mythology, the lunar calendar, the sundial, the saw, the chisel, cuneiform(writing), The pulley, the lever and units of measurements.
No one claimed the invention.
Why was to easy for sargon and his army to invade the sumerian city-states?
to kill all of his family an friends
Sumerian society was organized in which consistant of a city and the surrounding lands?
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How do you think the Persian policy of tolerance helped the empire grow?
Persian policy of tolerance is acceptance of the people the Persians conquered.
Therefore it grew so much because it did not matter if they conquered or not, it wasn't going to change the people's lifestyle in any way. They respected the customs of the diverse groups in their empire.
EXAMPLE: the culture they conquered would not have to change their religious views.
What are the important cities of sumer and why did there develop?
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What are the cultural influences of graphic design?
There are different cultural influences of graphic design. Graphic design is an art which will be influenced by the designer's perception on various things and this perception is directly influenced by culture.
They used it by saving and/or cropping food, staying in their homes, and coming out when they need more food. The jobs that were specialized are: farming, baking, reading, writing books, etc.
What are four accomplishments assocuated with the sumerians?
The invention of irrigation, the invention of cities, the invention of writing and the first monumental architecture.
How did was early summerian society organized and how did that organization affect society?
Because it did
How did warfare change the government in sumer-?
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it is to kill other people
What did ancient a Mesopotamia grain warehouses look like?
large building used for storing raw materials and manufactured goods.
What was babylon advances in government?
Sargon tried to organize an empire between him and the Akkadian. Whcih was shortly lived and eventually rebellions broke loose bringing the empire back into cites-states. However, this act inspired the first Babylonian Empire which consisted of the Sumer and Akkadia. Their advances in military were being well-organized and having a/the first large population to form a military and government organizations.
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the worship of a single god
In what direction did Sumerians write?
Originally Sumerian was written in columns from top to bottom, but this changed very early on, and the vast majority of Sumerian tablets were written horizontally from left to right, just like modern European languages.
What is the name of the earliest story ever written in sumerians?
The Epic of Gilgamesh. This is a large poem written about an ancient hero named Gilgamesh. Ironically, or perhaps not, many of the events in that poem are also in the Bible, such as Noah's Arc (only Noah has a different name in the epic). This poem was written in Cuneiform, the writing format of the Sumerians.
What were the advantages and disadvantages of Sumers natural environment?
The advantages were the two rivers, the Tigris and the Euphrates. The disadvantage was the hot desert climate. The only way to grow food their was using irrigation, but that slowly polluted the soil with salt until the soil could no longer support crops, and the early Mesopotamian civilizations fell apart.
How did the sumerians contribute to later peoples?
They gave us the beginnings of language, writing, law, and customs.
Only the Chinese culture doesn't derive from Sumer and Ur.
Most of the old testament is derived from their stories of their kings.
What does the priest-king do in sumer?
Gilgamesh was the priest king in Sumer. Priest kings are just like a king, but they are a priest too. A priest king acted like a god
