https://padlet.com/hcps_stefanisj/sumerians Sully, Matthew, Alex, Sam. en-us 2017-03-13 12:53:41 UTC 2025-04-17 16:34:14 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/hcps_stefanisj/sumerians/wish/159650823 The Sumerian's economy was based upon trade because they did not have coined money in their time. In the fertile crescent, there were very few natural resources, so the Sumerians needed to trade resources they had for wood, stones, and certain valued metals.

]]> 2017-03-13 12:57:10 UTC https://padlet.com/hcps_stefanisj/sumerians/wish/159650823 https://padlet.com/hcps_stefanisj/sumerians/wish/159650861 The Sumerians had many mathematical achievements, including the Base-60 numerical system. This number system is still used for time measurements. ]]> 2017-03-13 12:57:19 UTC https://padlet.com/hcps_stefanisj/sumerians/wish/159650861 https://padlet.com/hcps_stefanisj/sumerians/wish/159650969 The Sumerians are polytheistic, they thought the gods were unpredictable and harsh. They had seven gods who chose everyone's fate. After the seven gods were followed by the 50 "great gods".]]> 2017-03-13 12:57:43 UTC https://padlet.com/hcps_stefanisj/sumerians/wish/159650969 hcps_stefanisj https://padlet.com/hcps_stefanisj/sumerians/wish/159653367 The sumerian government divided its land into city states, so they were not ruled by one government.
Citizens were also separated by social classes which included slaves. However, they were not based on race.  ]]> 2017-03-13 13:05:04 UTC https://padlet.com/hcps_stefanisj/sumerians/wish/159653367 https://padlet.com/hcps_stefanisj/sumerians/wish/159655103 Their religious buildings were called ziggurats.]]> 2017-03-13 13:10:00 UTC https://padlet.com/hcps_stefanisj/sumerians/wish/159655103 https://padlet.com/hcps_stefanisj/sumerians/wish/159657954 2017-03-13 13:17:09 UTC https://padlet.com/hcps_stefanisj/sumerians/wish/159657954 https://padlet.com/hcps_stefanisj/sumerians/wish/160056353 Out of all the Sumerian leaders of their time, there was only one female leader (according to the "Kings List"). Her name was Kubaba, and very little was known about her time in rule. However, she was claimed to have founded Kish (an ancient city in Mesopotamia).

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