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Civilization Mind Map by Erick Isidoro,period 4 (Sumer social structure…
Civilization Mind Map by Erick Isidoro,period 4
Stable food supply
irrigation systems
plow
Sumer social structure
Middle
merchants
artisans
metalworkers
made
swords
arrowheads
jewelry
plows
hoes
mirrors
worked with
tin
lead
silver
copper
bronze
gold
farmers
fishers
Top
landowners
priests
government officials
homes
large
luxurious
had whitewashed walls
two stories high
Bottom
Slaves
they owned nothing
lived with owner
System of government
kings
governors
rule outlying towns
enforced laws
collected taxes
led armies
scribes
records laws
Writing
cuneiform
started 2400 B.C.E
had pictographs
Religious system
built
ziggurats
8 stories high
200 feet wide
statues
try to please gods in everyday life
made sacrifices
Arts
painting
architects
design temples
design ziggurats
musicians
play drums
play pipes
play lyre
sang
Technology
arch
more decorated to homes
wheel
made chariots for army
created wheeled carts for farmers