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~The sumerian people worshipped many gods
~The sumerians thought that some gods had power over parts of nature
~they honored whatever god would help with their activity
~ to honor its god, each city state claimed one as its own
~sumerian kings claimed they recieved their power to rule from the citys god

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-sumerians were the first people to use the wheel.
-the sumerians studied mathematics and astronomy.
-sumerians also devised tables for multiplication and division.
-sumerians watch the positions of the stars it showed them the best time to plant crops and hold religious ceremonies.

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Writing used in the ancient Middle East.

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The name a coniage from latin and middle french roots
-the meaning is wedge shaped
-It is the modern text from the 18000
-A historically accurater writing sysytem

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Farmers that lived in Sumer, grew food and raised animals
animals such as
-goats
-pigs
food such as
-dates
-barley
-wheat
farmers traded multiple things to get there materials.Trade routes were spread across india and egypt.
Sumerian merchants went to many other lands.

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Women and men had different roles in the sumerian society like, Men were the head of the home, boys went to school and got taught specific things.

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-people were known as sumerians
-Southwest Asia
-controlled the part of the Tigris and Euphrates valleys
-built the first cities in Southwest Asia

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-In the 1800s, archaeologists  began to dig up many buildings and artifacts.
-The clues led up to that the mesopotamian history was buried among its ruins and rubble.
-The first settlers were herders and hunters.
-Settlers built farming villages along the two rivers.

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-Early mesopotamian used water from the two rivers two water their feilds
-the rivers were often low
-flooded rivers were filled with slit/ small particles of soil
-the slit was a very good farming soil.
-they dug canals for flooded water.
-they had plenty of food
-they often weaved cloth,made pottery, tools, and weapons.

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-Mesopotamia developed in is now southern Iraq
-The 2 rivers Tigris and Euphrates are parallel
-The rivers run southeast of the mountains of southeastern Asia.

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The first civilization developed around 3000 BC in river valleys in:
-Mesopotamia
-Egypt
-India
-China
What civilizations had in common:
-social classes
-government
-better technology
-religion

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sumerians were born into their roles and the people at the bottom of these chains like slaves, worked for people of higher class on the roles like
-kings
-government officials
- maybe even merchants or farmers
slaves were also enslaved in war most of the time.
criminals also became slaves.