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Sumer! 

THAT’S SUMER!. By: Andrew Sorrells , Layne Singleton, Jamie Bryant, Kimbert Frye, Shelton Lewis, and Vicky Johnson . . Sumer!  . Culture! . Sumer was one of the first literate civilizations leaving many records!.

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Sumer! 

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  1. THAT’S SUMER! By: Andrew Sorrells, Layne Singleton, Jamie Bryant, Kimbert Frye, Shelton Lewis, and Vicky Johnson. Sumer! 

  2. Culture! Sumer was one of the first literate civilizations leaving many records! • Found on the Euphrates River, in southern Mesopotamia, the Sumerians were a people who lived from around 3500 B.C. to 1800 B.C. • Religion--Roots in worship of nature--wind and water  • Philosophy-- was the worlds first recorded deep thinking Ex: Whoever has walked with truth generates life. • Science--Credited with invention of wheel and potter's wheel, and first writing system • Technology--tools, weapons, bags, scabbards, etc. • Art-- smooth perfection, made in marble, diorite, hammered gold, and lapis lazuli. Many famous portraits and sculptures can be found in museums across the globe. • Architecture-- Many religious buildings built very advanced structures.

  3. Mesopotamia gets its name from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.  "Mesopotamia" comes from two Greek terms mesos, meaning 'middle' and potamoi, 'rivers', so the name literally means 'between the rivers. The space we call Mesopotamia is nearly the same as that of the country of Iraq. Sumer, is found in the southern tip of Mesopotamia Wait.. What’s Mesopotamia?

  4. Human-Environment Interactions.. The Sumerians grew a lot of barley, chickpeas, millet, wheat, dates, and onions. Farming took stamina, strength, good health, a bit of good luck and organization.They also built dams, to help with floods throughout the year. They used oxen as their primary “beasts of burden” and donkeys as their primary transport animal.They used the rivers to their advantage, for trade and transport.

  5. Social Classes.. Upper class- Nobles, Priest, Government Officials and Warriors. Middle Class- Merchants, Traders, “Freeman” Class. Low Class- Slavery. Practiced a patriarchal society, women were given protection if they would submit to men having all the authority. Social

  6. A council of nobles mainly governed city-states. Also an assembly of citizens governed political affairs. Later kings arouse to claim themselves as the military leaders and the highest priest in that city-state Politics!!

  7. Jobs for the Sumerians included pottery makers, stonecutters, metal smiths, farmers, fishers, shepherds, weavers, leather-workers, and sailors. The Sumerians also invented mankind’s oldest “money”.. Shell money! It has a hollow hole carved though the middle. Did you know? Sumerians invented the wheel for carts, and other handy things! Economics 

  8. THE END Ways of the World textbook. By: Robert strayer http://history-world.org/sumerian_culture.htm http://worldhistory1a.homestead.com/sumeria.html Google images Our lovely brains  http://www.crystalinks.com/sumersocialsystem.html The end  The end ! Sources: The end..

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