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Meditataranian

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

The land of two rivers

  • Sumerians!

The Sumerians faced a lot of bad weather

They faced huge floods hot weather sparse rain and dry perch lands
Photo by HowardLake

The solution to the problem was...

1 they created irrigation 2 built dams gates canals 3 created artificial ponds for future use
Photo by Calum Lewis

How did the solution affect the development of Sumerian civilization in the following categories

1haveing irrigation systems 2gave surplus to the farmers 3allowed less people to work at at farming 4freed up people time to live in city’s
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New jobs

Brick makers canal builder pottery makers
Photo by Dhiva Krishna

Temples

Great temples were built to please the gods
Photo by Kaptah

Trade farming products for...

Jewelry,pottery,musical instruments,fabrics
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How did the development of Sumerian civilization contribute to new ideas?

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Keeping Records

Began with clay tokens put tokens in a bulla made maskes on outside of bulla created cuneiform writing

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