SUMERIANS

Fun Facts

• One fun fact is that Sumerians were the civilization that created beer.
• It is the oldest civilization known today. It was located in far south present day Iraq.
• The first city they ever built was called Uruk.
• The oldest we know is the Epic of Gilgamesh and it was written by the Sumerians.
• The Epic of Gilgamesh was written nearly 4500 years ago.

REDISCOVERING THE SUMERIANS

• Once the Sumerian civilization was extinct it was rediscovered by the Romans and Persians.
• But it was abandoned in the fourth century AD.
• It was rediscovered by German archeologists in the early 20th century.
• It now has a lot of mounds which are the remains of buildings.
• The mounds would cover most of the Sumerians civilization.

SUMERIAN BUILDINGS

• The Sumerians built most of their buildings out of mud brick and fire brick.
• They mostly built building that were made of mud and huge staircases they called them ziggurats.
• Each city-state would build its own ziggurat.
• They would use the ziggurats to worship gods and wish for them to see how good their city-state is.
• At the top of ziggurats would be a temple for Mesopotamia gods.

RESSURECTION OF THE SUMERIANS

• They have not fully excavated all of the Sumerians land.
• It seems some of the secrets have died with the city.
• In their time a ruler commanded to dam the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
• They did it to extent the ecologically and environmentally disterous.
• Construction has started to dam the Tigris at Ashur.

MORE FUN FACTS.

• The Sumerians domesticated llamas alpacas and potatoes.
• The Sumerians were located in Mesopotamia.
• The Tigris River was a good resource for the Sumerians.
• The Euphrates River was also a very good resource for the Sumerians.
• They both fertilize their crops and helps their animals and better food.