Sumer
the lowest class had
Farmers
Sumer emerged at about
3500 BCE
the city states were ruled by
Kings
Mesopotamia =
land between the rivers
the rivers often
flooded
they believed gods could control
The weather and the floods
there was a epic poem about a guy named
Gilgamesh
building were made of
Clay bricks
The settlers used water to
water there crops
the summers were
rain less
The highest God was named
An
they divided a circle into
360 degrees
Each city state had a
Ziggurat or temple
They started settling in Mesopotamia around
5000 BCE
the water has _______ _______ every _______
different patters every year
slaves were usually
captured during wars or were paying off debt
at around 3100 BCE, _______ was invented
writing
Marketplace
water made the land
Fertile
the rivers sometimes washed away
villiages and crops
men could _____ their family's
sell for slavery
the story of Gilgamesh was the
Oldest epic poem ever
Each ziggurat represented a
God
The rivers were
unreliable
the water spread ____ across the water
Silt