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City-States of Ancient Sumer

City-States of Ancient Sumer. Fertile Crescent. Mesopotamia – “Land between the Rivers” Tigres & Euphrates rivers Modern day Iraq Water & good soil. Early cities Ur Babylon. Sumarian Culture. City-States Each had it’s own ruler

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City-States of Ancient Sumer

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  1. City-States of Ancient Sumer

  2. Fertile Crescent • Mesopotamia – “Land between the Rivers” • Tigres & Euphrates rivers • Modern day Iraq • Water & good soil. • Early cities • Ur • Babylon

  3. Sumarian Culture • City-States • Each had it’s own ruler • Class hierarchy: most people made up the lower, peasant class. • Male dominated society but some women had power/legal rights. • Religion: polytheistic, many gods; controlled all aspects of life. • Ziggurat: pyramid-type temple.

  4. Education • Advanced education system. • Only for the select few. • Cuneiform: first writing system; wedge-like writing on clay tablets. • Mathematics: based on the number 6. • Epic Of Gilgamesh: first work of literature; Sumerian beliefs. • Influenced later Greek & Roman civilizations.

  5. Cuneiform Wall – British Museum

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