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The Sumerians Salty Sumerian Society

The Sumerians Salty Sumerian Society. Hunter Flynn, Trevor Janoskie , Daniel Jenkins, and Sam Kuhn. Early Sumeria. Early Sumerian maps. Culture and Language. Located on the Euphrates river Mostly rely on trade and agriculture Speak Sumerian Invented cuneiform Invented plow, wheel,

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The Sumerians Salty Sumerian Society

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  1. The SumeriansSalty Sumerian Society Hunter Flynn, Trevor Janoskie, Daniel Jenkins, and Sam Kuhn

  2. Early Sumeria Early Sumerian maps.

  3. Culture and Language • Located on the Euphrates river • Mostly rely on trade and agriculture • Speak Sumerian • Invented cuneiform • Invented plow, wheel, and sail

  4. Religion • Polythiestic - believed in many gods • 3 main gods- Enki, Inanna and Enlil

  5. Politics • Ruled by a priest king and high priests • 3 groups of citizens • Women were not equal to men

  6. Hammurabi • Lived from 1792-1750 B.C • He took a little city and turned it into a vast empire • Code of Hammurabi • 282 laws

  7. Timeline • 3000 B.C- Civilized culture develops • 2230 B.C- Akkadian Dynasty ends

  8. Timeline • 2130 B.C- Sumer regains independence from Akkadian rule

  9. Timeline • 1300 B.C- Assyrians control all of Mesopotamia

  10. Timeline • 1000 B.C- Fall of the empire

  11. Map Map of the Empire.

  12. Works Cited • http://www.fanaticus.org/DBA/armies/I1/sumer-map.jpg • http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iraq/images/hammurabi.jpg • http://victorian.fortunecity.com/kensington/207/maps/mide1m3.gif • http://www.thenagain.info/WebChron/MiddleEast/Hammurabi.html • http://pustakalaya.olenpal.org/wiki/wp/s/Sumer.htm • http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/timelines/a/TimeLSumer.htm • http://www.thenagain.info/WebChron/MiddleEast/Hammurabi.html • http://www.historiasdaterra.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/enki-enlil2.jpg • http://www.matrifocus.com/SAM04/images/Inanna-worshipper.JPG • http://www.ancientscripts.com/images/su_signs.gif • http://www.vnc.qld.edu.au/enviro/sumer/m02.gif • World History Book

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