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Describe the Sumerian contribution to writing.
Created Cuneiform, made up of 1200 different characteristics, trusted by scribes to write
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How did the Sumerians contribute to mathematics?
Used geometry to measure size of fields & plan buildings. Created place value system based on 60, created 12 month calendar based on moon cycles
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Where is Sumer? and what are the people called?
Region in southern Mesopotamia/ Sumerians
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Who were in the lower class of Sumerian society? and what were their characteristics?
enslaved ppl / no money and no power
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Why did the Sumerians invent a writing system (Cuneiform)?
To record business dealings and important events
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year Sargon conquers Sumerian city-states
2340 B.C.
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year Sumerian city states begin to rise
3,000 b.c.
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Name 6 characteristics of a civilization.
high level of culture & order, social classes, diff. types of jobs, science and the arts, govt, & values and beliefs
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What did the Sumerians learn by studying astronomy, or the position of the stars?
the best times to plant crops.
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Who were in the middle class of Sumerian society? and what were their characteristics?
farmers, fishers, and artisans/ largest group
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Where was the first known civilization?
Mesopotamia
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Who were in the upper class of Sumerian society? and what were their characteristics?
Kings, priests, warriors, and government workers/ powerful and wealthy
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Why did Sumerian cities stand alone?
Sumerians built many cities. The cities of Sumer had deserts around them. Deserts were hard to travel across.
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