https://padlet.com/24lopezvt/vlsf2017 By: Veronica Lopez and Savannah Faulkner en-us 2017-09-25 20:33:51 UTC 2023-05-08 15:10:56 UTC hello@padlet.com 24lopezvt https://padlet.com/24lopezvt/vlsf2017/wish/191034138 Once writing was invented it was spread across the world. Each group made a language so it could fit each and every groups needs.First they used pictographs to just record the amount of sales,days, and even just writing for fun. They then made pictographs into symbols with wet clay. They then made over 2,000 symbols which they had to learn all of.]]> 2017-09-25 20:49:41 UTC https://padlet.com/24lopezvt/vlsf2017/wish/191034138 https://padlet.com/24lopezvt/vlsf2017/wish/191045118 2017-09-25 21:39:37 UTC https://padlet.com/24lopezvt/vlsf2017/wish/191045118 https://padlet.com/24lopezvt/vlsf2017/wish/191046366 The Sumerians developed techniques to help them keep a productive farmland. The first technique they used was irrigation. When farmers used an irrigation system to carry water to crops, they would keep the crops away from flooding rivers. They could also take care of their plants in the hot, dry parts of the year.

]]> 2017-09-25 21:48:18 UTC https://padlet.com/24lopezvt/vlsf2017/wish/191046366 https://padlet.com/24lopezvt/vlsf2017/wish/191458263 At the beginning of Sumer  Preists were the rulers along with gods. As the city-states expanded the rules started changing and they began to come in conflict with on another. As the states began to fight and start conflict the government and ruled the preists turned into kings and and there began to be levels of power. ]]> 2017-09-26 20:33:58 UTC https://padlet.com/24lopezvt/vlsf2017/wish/191458263 https://padlet.com/24lopezvt/vlsf2017/wish/192287294 https://drive.google.com/a/capousd.org/file/d/0By-J9fctQg5DVElONUQya211Qjg/view?usp=sharing]]> 2017-09-28 21:53:56 UTC https://padlet.com/24lopezvt/vlsf2017/wish/192287294 24lopezvt https://padlet.com/24lopezvt/vlsf2017/wish/192611701 https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9dqWPOzpO-sXzRMMDM5TU1lcUU]]> 2017-09-29 20:30:39 UTC https://padlet.com/24lopezvt/vlsf2017/wish/192611701 https://padlet.com/24lopezvt/vlsf2017/wish/192619637 The Sumerians separated people into three social groups. The upper class which was made up of the ruler, his top officials, wealthy merchants, and large landowners, etc. The middle class was made up of mostly farmers and skilled workers. The lowest class was mostly slaves. This social order was supported by the government, and religious beliefs.]]> 2017-09-29 21:25:42 UTC https://padlet.com/24lopezvt/vlsf2017/wish/192619637 https://padlet.com/24lopezvt/vlsf2017/wish/192621576 The Sumerian people known as, "scribes" are the ones who recorded information. They would push a wedged-shape object into a clay tablet. Today, this way of writing is known as, "cuneiform". This was thought to be the first written language, but more recent discoveries prove otherwise. Archaeologists have found older writing in Egypt.]]> 2017-09-29 21:47:02 UTC https://padlet.com/24lopezvt/vlsf2017/wish/192621576