https://padlet.com/sexton1/3iaxmpicxb7b3ljo Notes for The Sumerians en-us 2023-09-17 15:12:03 UTC 2023-09-20 00:00:03 UTC hello@padlet.com sexton1 https://padlet.com/sexton1/3iaxmpicxb7b3ljo/wish/2707454874 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 ]]> 2023-09-17 15:12:03 UTC https://padlet.com/sexton1/3iaxmpicxb7b3ljo/wish/2707454874 sexton1 https://padlet.com/sexton1/3iaxmpicxb7b3ljo/wish/2707454875 2023-09-17 15:12:03 UTC https://padlet.com/sexton1/3iaxmpicxb7b3ljo/wish/2707454875 https://padlet.com/sexton1/3iaxmpicxb7b3ljo/wish/2709077900 2023-09-18 15:38:57 UTC https://padlet.com/sexton1/3iaxmpicxb7b3ljo/wish/2709077900 https://padlet.com/sexton1/3iaxmpicxb7b3ljo/wish/2709078688 2023-09-18 15:39:23 UTC https://padlet.com/sexton1/3iaxmpicxb7b3ljo/wish/2709078688 https://padlet.com/sexton1/3iaxmpicxb7b3ljo/wish/2709081188 Technology and Mathematics
-Made many useful inventions
-The Sumerians studied mathematics and astronomy
-The Sumerians were the first people to use the wheel]]> 2023-09-18 15:40:46 UTC https://padlet.com/sexton1/3iaxmpicxb7b3ljo/wish/2709081188 https://padlet.com/sexton1/3iaxmpicxb7b3ljo/wish/2709082131 2023-09-18 15:41:14 UTC https://padlet.com/sexton1/3iaxmpicxb7b3ljo/wish/2709082131 https://padlet.com/sexton1/3iaxmpicxb7b3ljo/wish/2709082418 2023-09-18 15:41:25 UTC https://padlet.com/sexton1/3iaxmpicxb7b3ljo/wish/2709082418 https://padlet.com/sexton1/3iaxmpicxb7b3ljo/wish/2709083950 2023-09-18 15:42:17 UTC https://padlet.com/sexton1/3iaxmpicxb7b3ljo/wish/2709083950 https://padlet.com/sexton1/3iaxmpicxb7b3ljo/wish/2709085007 2023-09-18 15:42:51 UTC https://padlet.com/sexton1/3iaxmpicxb7b3ljo/wish/2709085007 https://padlet.com/sexton1/3iaxmpicxb7b3ljo/wish/2709086923 2023-09-18 15:43:54 UTC https://padlet.com/sexton1/3iaxmpicxb7b3ljo/wish/2709086923 https://padlet.com/sexton1/3iaxmpicxb7b3ljo/wish/2709089344 -The Sumerians worshiped many gods
-Their belief is Polytheism, by worshiping many gods like the ones that influence what you do.
-They honored all the gods, each city state had its own god they claimed as their own
-They liked plowing and Brick-Making
-They had city-states
-They had a large temple called Ziggurat
-The first kings thought over time the son could take over
-the wives had no power 

]]> 2023-09-18 15:45:12 UTC https://padlet.com/sexton1/3iaxmpicxb7b3ljo/wish/2709089344 https://padlet.com/sexton1/3iaxmpicxb7b3ljo/wish/2709089822  -The Mesopotamia is the earliest known civilization
-the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers are nearly parallel to each other
-Mesopotamia itself was located in the eastern part 


]]> 2023-09-18 15:45:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sexton1/3iaxmpicxb7b3ljo/wish/2709089822 https://padlet.com/sexton1/3iaxmpicxb7b3ljo/wish/2709091102 -most people in Sumer were farmers
-wheat, barley, and dates were major crops in the area
-the sumerians didn't have all the materials so they traded to obtain metals
-sumerian merchants traveled to places like egypt.]]> 2023-09-18 15:46:08 UTC https://padlet.com/sexton1/3iaxmpicxb7b3ljo/wish/2709091102 https://padlet.com/sexton1/3iaxmpicxb7b3ljo/wish/2709093027
-Sumerians were also the first to make bronze out of copper and tin]]> 2023-09-18 15:47:08 UTC https://padlet.com/sexton1/3iaxmpicxb7b3ljo/wish/2709093027 https://padlet.com/sexton1/3iaxmpicxb7b3ljo/wish/2709093075 2023-09-18 15:47:10 UTC https://padlet.com/sexton1/3iaxmpicxb7b3ljo/wish/2709093075 https://padlet.com/sexton1/3iaxmpicxb7b3ljo/wish/2709094074 2023-09-18 15:47:44 UTC https://padlet.com/sexton1/3iaxmpicxb7b3ljo/wish/2709094074 https://padlet.com/sexton1/3iaxmpicxb7b3ljo/wish/2709094377
-Farmer raised goats, sheeps, and pigs.
-Sumerians where very good metalworkers 
-Sumerians traded wheat, barely, and tools for timber, minerals, and metals.]]> 2023-09-18 15:47:54 UTC https://padlet.com/sexton1/3iaxmpicxb7b3ljo/wish/2709094377 https://padlet.com/sexton1/3iaxmpicxb7b3ljo/wish/2709095112 Sumerians made cuneiform, a writing system with around 1,200 different characters. They wrote on clay because they didn't have access to paper. 
Some people were scribes. These people's job was to write things down. Some were even judges or other officials!]]> 2023-09-18 15:48:21 UTC https://padlet.com/sexton1/3iaxmpicxb7b3ljo/wish/2709095112 https://padlet.com/sexton1/3iaxmpicxb7b3ljo/wish/2709096352 -Thousands of years, clues to Mesopotamia's history lay buried
-Historians believe that people first settled about 7000 BC 
-The first settlers were hunters and herders
-They built farming villages along the two rivers

]]> 2023-09-18 15:49:01 UTC https://padlet.com/sexton1/3iaxmpicxb7b3ljo/wish/2709096352 https://padlet.com/sexton1/3iaxmpicxb7b3ljo/wish/2709097800 kings, priests, warriors, and government officials belonged to the upper class. Merchants, farmers, fishers, and artisans belonged to the middle class. the lowest class consisted of enslaved people, criminals, and poor people. ]]> 2023-09-18 15:49:48 UTC https://padlet.com/sexton1/3iaxmpicxb7b3ljo/wish/2709097800 https://padlet.com/sexton1/3iaxmpicxb7b3ljo/wish/2709100036 Early mesopotamian farmers used water from the tigris and euphrates Rivers to water their field
- farmers could not rely on rivers all the time
-mountains cause rivers to overflow
-people learned how build dams]]> 2023-09-18 15:51:05 UTC https://padlet.com/sexton1/3iaxmpicxb7b3ljo/wish/2709100036 https://padlet.com/sexton1/3iaxmpicxb7b3ljo/wish/2709104066 - the sumerians built the first cities in southwest asia.

- the cities became the center of civilization that controlled the lower parts of the tigris and Euphrates valleys.
                                  ]]> 2023-09-18 15:53:19 UTC https://padlet.com/sexton1/3iaxmpicxb7b3ljo/wish/2709104066 https://padlet.com/sexton1/3iaxmpicxb7b3ljo/wish/2709110051 2023-09-18 15:56:38 UTC https://padlet.com/sexton1/3iaxmpicxb7b3ljo/wish/2709110051 https://padlet.com/sexton1/3iaxmpicxb7b3ljo/wish/2709110916 4000 years ago and still studies today this called the epic of gilgamesh a long poem that tells the story of a hero. ]]> 2023-09-18 15:56:55 UTC https://padlet.com/sexton1/3iaxmpicxb7b3ljo/wish/2709110916 https://padlet.com/sexton1/3iaxmpicxb7b3ljo/wish/2709460256 - sumer's cities were surrounded by mudflats and patches of scorching dessert.
- sumerians became very independent.
- the population of the city states ranged from 5,000-20,000 people.
- they used mud from rivers as their main building material.]]> 2023-09-18 19:40:31 UTC https://padlet.com/sexton1/3iaxmpicxb7b3ljo/wish/2709460256