Sumer

Sumer was one of the first civilizations to form. It was created in the Mesopotamian region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. The Sumerians formed the first written language called cuneiform. Sumer developed art and used mathematics. Sumer developed the wheel. The Sumerians revolved around a tight agricultural society. The Sumerians used a number system based on 10, 60, and 360. The Sumerians formed complex religious rituals and built ziggurats for those rituals. The Sumerians had a political structure based on city-states. The Sumerians used silver for currency. Sumer was really very important because it developed things that other civilizations used to form. It was the first place to develop writing which inspired other places to do so. The writing system was called cunieform. We still use the 10, 60, and 360 number methods to calculate circles and hours. The religious texts inspired some of the stories in the Old Testament. We still use the constellation charts that the Sumerians introduced. The political system helped regulate religion. It provided a court system for justice. The Sumerians were really just the first civilization that developed many key factors to being a civilization. Other peoples used these factors as a basis for their civilizations. Sumer holds a very important place in history because of this.



Created by: Charlie Baker on Sept. 1, 2008 Edited by: Joe Hampton on Sept. 2, 2008