Ancient Sumer Civilization

STABLE FOOD SUPPLY

• The sumerians built canals,resevoirs and dams.
• The sumerians also built the first the first plow out of wood.
• Because of the plow it made farming more easier.

SOCIAL STRUCTURE

• Upper class were priests and land owners.
• Middle class was a common class including merchants and crafts people.
• Slaves at the very bottom.

GOVERMENT

RELIGION

• The sumerians built stair cases for theyre gods to come down to earth.
• Some religious ceremonies had human sacrifices as a piece offerinf for the gods
• The towers could be seen from about 20 miles away.

THE ARTS

• One of the arts in sumer was music
• The sumerians invented the lyre a lyre is a instrudent
• The sumerians built ziggurats the ziggurats were tall buildings for theyre gods to come down.

TECHNOLOGY/WRITING

• The sumerians invented the wheel.
• Then the sumeriana invented the arch .
• Lastly the sumerians developted a language called cuneiform.