Transcript Sumer, Mesopotamia - Lapeer Community Schools

The States of Sumer were seemed to be
ruled by kings. Their job included military
and religious responsibilities.
 They were ruled by kings but it seemed
like they had a form of democracy,
because they elected officials to run
government

Depended on rivers to sustain
agriculture, not enough water for dry
farming
 Was located in Fertile Crescent which
created great agriculture
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We don’t know exactly
what there religion was but
we believe that they believed
and gods but also animism.
Animism defined by thefreedictionary.com is the belief in the
existence
of individual spirits that inhabit
natural
objects and phenomena.
Every city had its own
patron god or goddess, but all
believed in four main gods.
made cave painting of animals
 statues of religious symbols
 objects of state, tablets recording taxes
 personal objects, objects that people
treasured

Invented seeder plow
 Invented cuneiform
 Developed a means of irrigation
 Developed a form of sanitation of water

Paid taxes in the form of goods
 Such as bundles of reed and maize
 Agricultural people
 People sold goods and agricultural
products
 Sold lumber
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Slaves are on the bottom
 Commoners are next
 Then merchants and artisans
 Then scribes
 Next is priests
 Finally the king is the highest person in
social order
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