Sumerians

Stable Food Supply

• They Made the first plow.
• They built canals, dams, and reservoirs.
• Plows made farming easier.
• The first plow was made out of wood.

Social structure

• The upper class people we're priests, landowners, and gov. officals.
• The middle class is the common class we're merchants and craftpeople.
• Slaves were at the bottom.

Government

• A Sumerian army  had temp. citizen soldiers.
• The King made laws and collected taxes.
• The Sumerians we're the first city-state to develop laws.

Religion

• They offered people to the gods.
• They made ziggurats.
• Suemrians tried to please the gods.

The Arts

• Sumerians loved music.
• They were good artists.
• They had religious.

Writing

• Sumerians invented the first writing language cuneiform.
• Cuneiform consisted of over 700 letters and symbols.
• When the Sumerians first invented cuneiform, it had over 2,000 letters.

Technology

• The Sumerians invented the wheel.
• The Sumerians also invented the arch that could be on upside down V or U.
• They also invented the chariot.