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SUMER
Great Ziggurat of Ur - 6,000 BCE
John Chiappone
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First CivilizationSouthern Iraq 6,000
- 1,000 BCE
3,200 BCE - Marble
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Civilization Requirements 1. Agriculture
2. City 3. Trade 4. Government 5.
Writing 6. Religion
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FATHERS of CIVILIZATION - Sumer (Sumerian) was
the first civilization.- located in Southern
Iraq (Mesopotamia)- flourished from 6,000 BCE to
1,000 BCE- the first to practice agriculture -
development writing around 3,500 BCE
(Cuneiform)- invented the potter's wheel,
vehicular wheel, and mill wheel - created the
first government and laws- laid foundations for
medicine, astronomy, and mathematics - Sumerian
math was based on 60. - Our time system came
from them. (60 seconds to a minute, 60 minutes
to an hour)
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Who Were the Sumerians?
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C u n e i f o r m .
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C u n e i f o r m
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Cuneiform Numbers
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aAgriculture - 6,000 BCEWriting - 3,500 BCE
Wheel - 3,000 BCE Math Gilgamesh - Oldest Story
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ISHTAR GATE
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Ishtar Gate - Babylon, Iraq - 575 BCE
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Ram in a Thicket2,600 BCE gold, silver,
copper, lapis lazuli, shell, limestone
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Bulls Head Lyre2,600 BCE wood, lapis lazuli,
and gold leaf
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Worshippers2,700 BCE gypsum, limestone, and
shell
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AKKADIANS copper
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PROTECTIVE DEITY
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Alad is the Male deity. Lamassu is the Female
deity.1
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Two ViewsFive Legs
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Assyrian
The Assyrians defeated the Sumerians 1,000 BCE.
They were from the Tigris river, and were
constantly at war for 400 years until their
demise.