https://padlet.com/sexton1/4k23us0tj0la6wcj Notes for The Sumerians en-us 2023-09-17 15:44:27 UTC 2023-09-21 00:16:11 UTC hello@padlet.com sexton1 https://padlet.com/sexton1/4k23us0tj0la6wcj/wish/2707478627 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 15:44:27 UTC https://padlet.com/sexton1/4k23us0tj0la6wcj/wish/2707478627 sexton1 https://padlet.com/sexton1/4k23us0tj0la6wcj/wish/2707478628 2023-09-17 15:44:27 UTC https://padlet.com/sexton1/4k23us0tj0la6wcj/wish/2707478628 https://padlet.com/sexton1/4k23us0tj0la6wcj/wish/2709350756 -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.]]> 2023-09-18 18:20:53 UTC https://padlet.com/sexton1/4k23us0tj0la6wcj/wish/2709350756 https://padlet.com/sexton1/4k23us0tj0la6wcj/wish/2709355110 -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.]]> 2023-09-18 18:23:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sexton1/4k23us0tj0la6wcj/wish/2709355110 https://padlet.com/sexton1/4k23us0tj0la6wcj/wish/2709359741 -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.]]> 2023-09-18 18:26:46 UTC https://padlet.com/sexton1/4k23us0tj0la6wcj/wish/2709359741 https://padlet.com/sexton1/4k23us0tj0la6wcj/wish/2709361383 -people were known as sumerians
-Southwest Asia
-controlled the part of the Tigris and Euphrates valleys
-built the first cities in Southwest Asia]]> 2023-09-18 18:27:52 UTC https://padlet.com/sexton1/4k23us0tj0la6wcj/wish/2709361383 https://padlet.com/sexton1/4k23us0tj0la6wcj/wish/2709362338 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. ]]> 2023-09-18 18:28:33 UTC https://padlet.com/sexton1/4k23us0tj0la6wcj/wish/2709362338 https://padlet.com/sexton1/4k23us0tj0la6wcj/wish/2709362841 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.]]> 2023-09-18 18:28:56 UTC https://padlet.com/sexton1/4k23us0tj0la6wcj/wish/2709362841 https://padlet.com/sexton1/4k23us0tj0la6wcj/wish/2709365052 ~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

]]> 2023-09-18 18:29:54 UTC https://padlet.com/sexton1/4k23us0tj0la6wcj/wish/2709365052 https://padlet.com/sexton1/4k23us0tj0la6wcj/wish/2709365404 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]]> 2023-09-18 18:30:11 UTC https://padlet.com/sexton1/4k23us0tj0la6wcj/wish/2709365404 https://padlet.com/sexton1/4k23us0tj0la6wcj/wish/2709366781 -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.

]]> 2023-09-18 18:31:07 UTC https://padlet.com/sexton1/4k23us0tj0la6wcj/wish/2709366781 https://padlet.com/sexton1/4k23us0tj0la6wcj/wish/2709463048 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.


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