https://padlet.com/rylee_hall_24/z87orcuyfdru Made with the strength to succeed en-us 2018-10-22 18:24:26 UTC 2018-10-26 14:46:36 UTC hello@padlet.com rylee_hall_24 https://padlet.com/rylee_hall_24/z87orcuyfdru/wish/295629414 Pg 118

Immigration systems supplying water to farms. Sumerians created canals for watering crops.]]> 2018-10-22 18:25:07 UTC https://padlet.com/rylee_hall_24/z87orcuyfdru/wish/295629414 rylee_hall_24 https://padlet.com/rylee_hall_24/z87orcuyfdru/wish/295630695 Pg 118

Irrigation increased the amount of crops farms could grow. Irrigation made farms more productive so less people needed to farm.]]> 2018-10-22 18:27:26 UTC https://padlet.com/rylee_hall_24/z87orcuyfdru/wish/295630695 rylee_hall_24 https://padlet.com/rylee_hall_24/z87orcuyfdru/wish/295634139 Pg 123-124

The Sumerians were to small of a civilization so the Akkadians easily took them over.]]> 2018-10-22 18:33:22 UTC https://padlet.com/rylee_hall_24/z87orcuyfdru/wish/295634139 rylee_hall_24 https://padlet.com/rylee_hall_24/z87orcuyfdru/wish/295636058 Pg 124-125

The Sumerians practiced polytheism, the worship of many gods. They believed the gods had very strong powers.]]> 2018-10-22 18:36:38 UTC https://padlet.com/rylee_hall_24/z87orcuyfdru/wish/295636058 rylee_hall_24 https://padlet.com/rylee_hall_24/z87orcuyfdru/wish/295637907 Pg 125-126

The kings of the Sumerians said they were chosen by the gods. Priests were just below kings actually.]]> 2018-10-22 18:39:36 UTC https://padlet.com/rylee_hall_24/z87orcuyfdru/wish/295637907 rylee_hall_24 https://padlet.com/rylee_hall_24/z87orcuyfdru/wish/295640648 Pg 127-128

Cuneiform was the first system of writing. They didn't have pencils, markers, or pens so they used something called a stylus. They also wrote things called epics which is basically a long poem ]]> 2018-10-22 18:43:42 UTC https://padlet.com/rylee_hall_24/z87orcuyfdru/wish/295640648 rylee_hall_24 https://padlet.com/rylee_hall_24/z87orcuyfdru/wish/296642101 Pg 129

One of the most important advances in Sumer was the wheel. The Sumerians advances improved their life in a lot of ways.]]> 2018-10-24 18:57:28 UTC https://padlet.com/rylee_hall_24/z87orcuyfdru/wish/296642101 rylee_hall_24 https://padlet.com/rylee_hall_24/z87orcuyfdru/wish/297415063 Pg 129

The Sumerians were really good at math and science. They also made huge advances in medicine. ]]> 2018-10-26 14:35:42 UTC https://padlet.com/rylee_hall_24/z87orcuyfdru/wish/297415063 rylee_hall_24 https://padlet.com/rylee_hall_24/z87orcuyfdru/wish/297417084 Pg 130

If you were rich you had a two story house. The cities surrounded something called a ziggurat which is basically a giant pyramid-shaped temple which was taller then all the other buildings.

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