SUMERIAN CIVILIZATION
BY :ALISON FLOR TORRES

Stable Food Supply

• BUILT CANALS,DAMS AN RESERVOIRS
• MADE THE FIRST PLOW OUT OF WOOD

Social Structure

• UPPER CLASS PRIESTS LAND OWNERS AND GOVT OFFICIALS
• MIDDLE CLASS ''COMMON CLASS INCLUDED MERCHANTS

Government

• A KING ALSO LED HIS STATE'S ARMY
• SUMERIANS CITY-STATE WERE RULED BY MANY KINGS

RELIGION

• SUMERIANS HAD MANY KINDS OF RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES
• SUMERIANS SHOWED PEOPLE WORSHIPPING THE GODS

THE ARTS

• MUSICIANS PLAYED MANY INSTRUMENTS ,LIKE DRUMS AND PIPES
• ONE FAVORITE WAS A SMALL HARP CALLED A LYRE

TECHNOLOGY

• THE SUMERIANS MOST IMPORTANT INVENTION WAS THE WHEEL 

Writing

• SUMERIANS USED UP TO 2,000 SYMBOLS TO STAND FOR IDEAS AND SOUNDS
• WHEN THE CLAY WAS DRY THE SYMBOLS BECAME A PERMANENT RECORD