Intro: Sumer was the beginning of recorded civilization. recorded language- cuneiform
theocracy- government ruled by religious leaders.
math and ziggurat.
tools and transportation.
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Recorded Language Cuneiforms
the writing system invented by the Sumerians using wedge shaped characters
System for keeping record
a scribe became the record keepers of Sumerian societies
used for 2000 years as a way to record stuff made and traded and later to record ideas
Western Society still has written language today
Sumerian Government/Society organized in similar way as we are today
the President/kling replaced priests as rulers (religion did not rule)
making laws, collecting taxes, keeping records (scribes) protecting city-state from invaders
Math was recorded on bones untill Cuiniforms made a way to record goods made and sold and then mass production was possible
Math helped with agriculture and water irrigation in aggriculture
Math was needed in the form of geometry to construct structures of that size (ziggurats)
Calendar has changed now but the idea of recording the concept of time
Tools and Transportation and Astronomy
the refinement of the wheel and the chariot as well as other tools and sailboats influenced trade, transportation, plow,
Sumerian City states were the beginning of organized societies and the organization of classes and trade skills as well as agriculture, math and recorded language. Many of the Sumer City state citizens were able to create/invent tools out of necessity due to a lack of resources. the Sumer people invented the idea of mass producing things so they could get the corner on the market in trade.