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Sumerians 🌾
1.Who?
inhabitants of Sumer
one of the oldest
civilization
advanced society
complex social system
complex cultural system
complex political system
from 5300 B.C.E
lasted over 3000 years
located
Mesopotamia
huge plain
between two rivers
Tigris
Euphrates
fertile but swampy
hard to live on
developed how to
control flooding
What did
they make?
irrigation
Bulit
levee
artificial flood bank
canals
Diverted water
helped grow
crops & animals
agriculture
cultivaiton of
plants and animals
for food
before:
hunter-gatherer
relied on nature
for food
after:
farmer
steady way to
produce food
enough food
began specializing
in different fields
sculpting
baking
weaving
metal working
building