PRESENTATION OUTLINE
This is an ancient Sumerian Ziggurat
There were two rivers in the Sumerian world.
One was the Tigris River
The other was the Euphrates River
The Sumerians used wedge-shaped styluses to write cuneiform
They used clay tablets to write on
This is another example of a clay tablet
The Sumerians would bury the dead in sarcophagi,in tombs underground
The city of Ur had a standard that showed war and peace
The Sumerians were a very powerful city-state
I hope that you learned some things about Mesopatamia.
