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I think that it was very different. The laws were more extreme and unfair before. Also, technology is way more advanced in modern days.

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I think that Mesopotamia is very different then modern civilization. Back then they had to drag things on wheels. All we have to do is drive a car.

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I think that Mesopotamia is very different then modern civilization. Back then they had to drag things on wheels. All we have to do is drive a car.

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Modern day life is way different then back then. This is because there was the h

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Modern day life is way different then back then. This is because there was the h

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DO YOU THINK THAT MESOPOTAMIA WAS DIFFERENT THAN TODAY?

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DO YOU THINK THAT MESOPOTAMIA WAS DIFFERENT THAN TODAY?

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yES II THINK THAT MESOPOTAMIA IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN TODAY BECAUSE WE CAN TRAVEL MUCH FASTER.

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Do you think Mesopotamia was different than today?

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Do you think Mesopotamia was different than today?

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Yes it was very different, because we are way more fair with our laws and consequences. We are more modern now.

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Do you think that life in Sumer was different than life today?
Yes, because we have more technology

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i dont think the people of mesopotamia didnt like their ruler much.

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Do you think that the Mesopotamian liked their ruler?

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Do you think that the Mesopotamian liked their ruler?

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I think that people of the different social classes liked them better than others. I think this because the slaves probably didn't like that they were forced to work. The higher classes did like their rulers.

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Did Sumerians like their ruler?
Yes, because the rulers made their life easier.

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I think the slaves did not like the rulers because they were forced to work because of them. People in the higher class probably liked their rulers because they didn't have to work as hard as the slaves.

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i think that the lower classes of Sumerians did not like Hammurabi because for them the rules and punishments were very extreme and unfair.

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i think that the lower classes of Sumerians did not like Hammurabi because for them the rules and punishments were very extreme and unfair.

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I think that Sumerian accomplishments impacted world history because they invented the wheel. Just think about how many things we have with wheels cars, trucks, bicycles, and roller-coasters just to name a few. Also, cuneiform or writing is another one. At first it was just pictures that meant certain things. Then they started to say to say things like ba and ta. Finally, that turned into what we are speaking now.

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Do you think the levels of social classes were fair?

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Do you think the levels of social classes were fair?

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I think it was not fair, because the slaves were poor and they worked harder than the people in the higher class. The lower class people were treated poorly. They never got any credit for what they did.

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I think life in Sumer was like, first class or upper class were richer, had great value, and had more rights. Some people that were included in upper class are kings, priests, nobles, government officials, and wealthy landowners. Middle or second class was made up of Sumerians that weren’t valued and little rights. This includes farmers, trades people, merchants, and soldiers. The lowest class of all, third class and they had no rights or values. This class was made up of slaves. The Sumerian religion was polytheistic, this means they believed in just one god, (when you believe in one god it is called monotheism) they believed in many gods.

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No, I don't think that Hammurabi's code was fair because there were a lot of rules and it must have been hard to remember them all. Because of this, people might have forgotten what to do and what not to do. Plus, the people would be condemned to death if they did something bad, and who knows- it might have been an accident.

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I think Hammurabi's code was fair because people received equal punishment for the offense
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I think that the code was unfair, because the punishments were too harsh. You would die if you did one wrong thing.

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Hammurabi's code was not fair because an eye for an eye was very extreme and not reasonable at all.

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Hammurabi's code was not fair because an eye for an eye was very extreme and not reasonable at all.

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I think it is fair because of the golden rule. It was the first law so it wouldn't be perfect. It kept them in order and prevented crime. Without it, the city would be chaos.

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Do you think the social classes were fair?

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Do you think the social classes were fair?

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I dont think the social classes were fair because the slaves should have at least been payed for their work. The higher class were also treated way better and the punishment for injuring them was way worst than for a slave.

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Do you think the division of social classes were fair?

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Do you think the division of social classes were fair?

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Yes, without this division everyone would be doing the same things kings organised the country and they need to rule meanwhile they're slaves worked it wasn't fair to the slaves but it was a working system so it was fair because, slaves will be slaves, farmers will be farmers, and kings will be kings.

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do you think the different classes were fair?

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do you think the different classes were fair?

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No, I don't think that this was fair because the higher classes had way more rights then slaves and that wasn't fair.  If people gave priests a drink the person would get in trouble, not the priests.

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I think it was not fair that they had different social classes because all people should have been treated equally no matter how much money they earn

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I think it was not fair that they had different social classes because all people should have been treated equally no matter how much money they earn

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do you think it was fair to have social classes?

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do you think it was fair to have social classes?

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I don't think that it was fair to have social classes because there were a lot of slaves at this time and they worked hard to make their way up the social class.

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Was it fair they had different social classes?

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Was it fair they had different social classes?

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I did not think dividing them was fair because the slaves worked very hard, but still they were treated badly even though they worked their tails off from sunset to sundown. Now we don't have different social classes and every thing is fine. Everything is peaceful even though everyone is considered the same. The president will get the same punishment if they commit a crime.

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I did not think dividing them was fair bec

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Was it fair that they had different social classes?

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Was it fair that they had different social classes?

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I think it is fair because it is organized. Everyone is in their place. Even though the slaves were treated badly, the people in the higher classes worked to get to where

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Without the Sumerian culture, our lives would have been very different. The Sumerians are credited with creating the wheel, and written language. Without these things our lives would be very different. For example, without written language, history would be gone for we would not keep records of things without written language. The wheel was the basis for modern transportation, without it, we would not have cars or buses. This would change the world as we know it. We might not even have people in America, due to the fact that settlers came to the Americas on wagons, which use wheels.

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I think life in Sumer was like, first class or upper class were richer, had great value, and had more rights. Some people that were included in upper class are kings, priests, nobles, government officials, and wealthy landowners. Middle or second class was made up of Sumerians that weren’t valued and little rights. This includes farmers, trades people, merchants, and soldiers. The lowest class of all, third class and they had no rights or values. This class was made up of slaves. The Sumerian religion was polytheistic, this means they believed in just one god, (when you believe in one god it is called monotheism) they believed in many gods.

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The Sumerians were quite reliant on their environment greatly, even when the flooding of the rivers caused some problems the Sumerians knew what to do. They built dams and leeves to protect their crops from the floods and it dropped fertile soil, called silt, which the Sumerians used to fertilize the crops they grew to sell to other people. If they had lived in a drier environment, they may not have survived without the rivers. On the other hand, if they had lived in a wetter environment, with more moisture, their crops may have been over watered and died. This would have made the probability of developing a complex civilization very low.

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The Sumerians of Mesopotamia affected the modern world in many ways. First of all, the Sumerians created the wheel, that changed the modern world for the better. It made moving around easy and affordable. Another example is writing, it created the concept of writing down things that happen so later generations can know about them too. All in all, the inventions of the Sumerians definitely changed the worlds for the better.

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Do you that they had different social classes?
I think it was fair because there could be different laws for each class

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What I learned about them was,  they made the ziggurats and other great inventions such as the wheel.

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I think life in Sumer could be quite tiring, unless you were a higher class nobel. This would make life quite enjoyable, considering the fact you have quite a bit of money. With all this fortune the nobels lived in luxury, for a time that long ago.

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I think the location of the Sumerian culture impacted their daily life because the Euphrates river pasted right through it and the Tigris river is just barely touching Sumer.  This impacts their daily life because when the rivers flooded it would bring silt with it. This is really good for farming. Then if they wanted to, they could trade or sell their crops.

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CORE QUESTION 3:
The accomplishments did impact the world, because now most of us work hard with our jobs to earn things, such as money. One of their big accomplishments was they were one of the first to study subjects. I maybe would not be here learning if it were not for them.

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CORE QUESTION 1:
I agree with you that the location of them impacted their daily lives because they knew about flooding which, yes led to irrigation as well. Also it helped them prepare to protect their crops.

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CORE QUESTION 2:
I agree with you also, because the sumerians life was very organized. Everyone had their jobs, and there were different levels of people. The rich and the poor which was well organized.

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CORE QUESTION 3:
our live would be very different if it were not for the Sumerian's inventions. Especially the wheel. Maybe we wouldn't even be at school discussing this right now. I feel like this was the most important invention. So was irrigation because of the flooding.

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Something i thought was very interesting was that the Sumerians were the first people to live in the Fertile Crescent.

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cuneiform changed a lot.

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I found the fact that they invented writing really interesting because I love reading!

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The most interesting fact I found was that Sumer consisted of three layers.

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The inventions would of had been invented at some point later on. In other words, they would of been delayed. The wheel, time , and written language would of been invented later in history

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our lives would be different without these inventions by the sumerians, especially the wheel. We wouldn't be able to go places. This was important that they invented this.

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Our lives would be different by not knowing about farming techniques, writing, math, astronomy and astrology , and mapping. The Sumerians invented all of these and eventually someone would come up with these ideas but we wouldn't be that advanced.

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Without the Sumerians, our lives would be much different than they are right now. We wouldn't have writing or languages if it weren't for them. Which means we wouldn't even be able to talk! Also, we wouldn't advance nearly as fast as we did in our timeline.

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without the Sumerians we wouldn't have cars and we wouldn't know that much about architecture since they built great structures and discovered that many things. we also wouldn't know hot to write since they invented a language. we also wouldn't know that much about what happened at that time without them because they kept record.

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I think our lives would be very different from what it is right now because without sumerians learning so much and  figuring out everything without them we wouldnt have the ABC because they invented cuneiform we wouldnt have the advanced technology we have today without them.

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I think our lives would be different if the Sumerian culture never existed because they shaped the world in writing, growing and domesticating animals, artwork, rulers, and separate countries/war. The Sumerian's passed on from generation to generation that you could plant seeds or fruit/veggies and they would grow into more food. They also created beautiful artwork and pottery to trade, and we use arts and crafts to decorate our houses today too. But most importantly, they had rulers and religions that they passed on to us. They believed in one or more gods and had multiple religions. Now, in 2018, we have religions and gods we look up to, and we have a president. We also have armies, and, in the past, we have had World Wars. That is why is Sumerian's culture and religion had been different, we would not have been where we are today.

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Our lives would be so much different if the Sumerian culture had never existed. Since the wheel evolved to the car, we would have to walk everywhere if the Sumerians had not invented the wheel.

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I think our lives would be different if the Sumerian culture never existed because they were they development the first written language and the studied mathematics and science. The were the ones that subdivided a day and a year as well as dividing a circle into 360 parts. Also, they invented the wheel for many purposes such as trading and moving heavier loads easier.

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Our lives would be very different if the Sumerian culture never existed. Some ways it might've changed are: we might never have had wheels, our written language could be very different, and we might have different ways of farming. Many things wouldn't be the same if the Sumerian culture had never existed.

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if the Sumerian culture never existed, we wouldn't be as advanced. If it didn't exist, we also wouldn't have all the useful inventions we need to survive. If the culture didn't exist, we maybe wouldn't have a written language.

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We may have not existed considering they didn't have the river. Not living near the river would have led to scarce food because they would not have had much water, living in the desert that they did. So they would have to hunt but there aren't very many animals in the desert so had they not lived where they did we may have never existed
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our life would be different if the sumerian invention didnt exist. We would not be able to go to places because of the wheel

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The Sumerians inventions impacted the world because without their writing system, we would not even be in school answering questions.

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If their geographic features were different they might have not invented irrigation. If their rivers didn't flood so much they might have also thought that their gods were nicer.

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Core Question 3:The Sumerians invented many things. The wheel, irrigation, and cuneiform are all very important creations. The wheel is what we use today for so many things! Cars, bikes, airplanes and more vehicles use

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Our life today would be very different if Sumerians didn't exist. We may have not even been writing today if it wasn't for Sumerians! Our crops could die without irrigation, then there would be no healthy fruit and vegetables, then we'd all have to eat fish and the world would end! Anyway, another important invention was the wheel. Without the wheel, we wouldn't be able to get around half as fast as we do today! Without cuneiform, our lives would have no texting, emails, letters, or essays! Thank Sumerians!

wheels. Back then, they used the wheel for long distance trading. Irrigation is important because crops need water to grow, so irrigation was essential to Sumerians. Irrigation is moving water through human systems. In my opinion, cuneiform is most important. Cuneiform is writing, and without writing, there would be no books!
Closing Question: If Sumer wasn't placed between the Tigris and Euphrates River, it may have not survived for long. The rivers were essential for farming and trade. Without the floods, no silt would deposit onto Sumer, meaning crops wouldn't flourish as they did. Without crops, trade would die slowly, and Sumer would too.

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If the Sumerian's geography was different, the flooding's of the Euphrates river and the Tigris river would not have happened. There would not have been anything called the fertile crescent, and the Sumerian's would not have a good food supply, due to the lack of rivers/fertile soil. Also, they may have not been in the main trade route, so getting wood or other necessary supplies would have been very hard.

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The Sumerian culture would've been different the rivers provided them with water to survive and plant crops. The rivers and nearby seas were excellent ways to transport themselves by using ships.

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If the Sumerians location had been different, their crops might have not have been so successful.

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If the Sumerians' location was different, it would have changed the course of history itself. They wouldn't have been as advanced as far as they did. They wouldn't have invented irrigation or the wheel. It may have been invented later on, but if that happened, we wouldn't be as far was we are right now if it weren't for them. Their civilization would have fell or never form in the beginning.

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Their accomplishments impacted us a lot. For example, the wheel, we use it to get around. Writing, we write everyday! Lastly they invented math and astronomy which helps us in our everyday life. Like satellites and the math we use today so their accomplishments impacted us a lot.

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THE accomplishments impacted World History by having their own alphabet and wasy to keep track of everything they have and traded. Also, they studied math and science which is now learned in current education and they divided the fay and year. The yar and day is still divided the same way they did.

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Core Question #3

The Sumerian inventions helped change the world. If it weren't for the wheel. The wheel changed the world since it helped make cars. Their cuneiform lead to modern day writing. We wouldn't know that they even existed.

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I think the wheel was also a big part of the Sumerian culture because it led to all the inventions we have today. Without the things the Sumerians had they would lose almost everything like their agriculture because without the Tigris and Euphrates river

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I think that life in Sumer depended on what class you were in. Jobs for farmers would be hard, but they are what powered trade! Scribes' jobs were tedious, but writing was important. For people of higher classes, life was easy, so they could sit back and relax while the slaves would work all the time.

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I think that life in Sumer depended on what class you were in. Jobs for farmers would be hard, but they are what powered trade! Scribes' jobs were tedious, but writing was important. For people of higher classes, life was easy, so they could sit back and relax while the slaves would work all the time.

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I believe that the Sumerians' accomplishments had a great affect on the world in many ways. For example, they invented writing and languages. This helped people to communicate with each other. Without this, we would never be able to talk! They also invented the wheel, which allowed them to make vehicles for farming and the army.

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life in Sumer was very cruel to the slaves because

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Question 2: I thought life in sumer was simple. Farmers worked in the fields, scribes wrote documents for nobles, and so on

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I think that life in Sumer was organized. Everything was in its place and everyone had their part. Their law was based off of their religion.

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Life in Sumer seems VERY hectic. They spent hours outside working in fields. For example being a farmer at this time was very stressful. Farmers worked for long eriods of time and sometimes never slept. There were also upper, middle, and low classes. At this point in time, there was slavery. Slavery, of course, the lower class and middle class was kings, and queens. The middle class, was farmers. Slavery was also very hectic.

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I think the the location of the Sumerian culture impacted their daily lives because when

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In sumer, i think the life of the Sumerians was quite hard. Well, of course if you were a higher class person you were treated better than say a slave. The slaves had little rights and that life would be quite hard.

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I think life in Sumer was interesting because of all the inventions they made which made life easier. Inventions like the wheel helped them carry things long distances. Irrigation was a good way to grow crops easier and faster.

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I think life in Sumer was interesting because of all the inventions they made which made life easier. Inventions like the wheel helped them carry things long distances. Irrigation was a good way to grow crops easier and faster.

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I think the location of sumer made the land fertile. The Tigris and Euphrates river flooded and brought fertile dirt so they could grow crops.

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The location of the Sumerians impacted their lives because they had to prepare for the floods and the dry season. That led to irrigation

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The location of the Sumerians homes impacted their lives. They lived near the Euphrates and Tigris rivers. This was in the Fertile Crescent. It was called by this particular name because the land's soil was very rich and it was shaped like a crescent. The sumerians were the very first people known to live in the Fertile Crescent. The location of their homes provided for rich soil which gives plentiful crops. Also, these rivers provided a lot of water.

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I think the location impacted their lives because since they were near the Nile river this gave them silt which was very good to grow crops in.

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I think the location impacted their lives because since they were near the Nile river this gave them silt which was very good to grow crops in.

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Something new that I learned about the Sumerian Culture that they invented many tools and that they are polytheists. The tools they made are the wheel and the ziggurat. The Ziggurat is a temple-like structure and the wheel helped improve travel.

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Something I learned was the reason is is called Fertile Crescent because the soil was fertile and it was shaped like a crescent.

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Something I learned was the reason is is called Fertile Crescent because the soil was fertile and it was shaped like a crescent.

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Opening Question               I learned that the Sumerian agriculture is that they studied math and science.

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Opening Question               I learned that the Sumerian agriculture is that they studied math and science.

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I learned that Sumer was a very advanced culture. They invented irrigation and mathematics.

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While reading the text i learned that the Sumerian culture had an advanced system of math. I did not know that they divided the year into 360 parts. It interested me because i thought that later people were the ones to create the idea of math.

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I learned that Sumer was in southern Mesopotamia. I thought that Sumer was in central Mesopotamia because this would make it more accessible from all areas because it was a main city.

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What is something you about the Sumerian culture that you didn't know before?

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What is something you about the Sumerian culture that you didn't know before?

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I didn't know that the Sumerian culture created writing or cuneiform. Also, I didn't know that they believed in many gods.

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I didn't know a lot of things before learning about the Sumerian culture   There are many things that I didn’t know about Sumerians before reading this article. I learned many things such as that they invented irrigation, they created the wheel and they even invented the first written language.