Sumer

valley civilization started to form in an area called the Fertile Crescent or Mesopotamia. This civilization, called Sumer, was built on the basis of agriculture. Because their whole civilization was based on agriculture, they needed to live on fertile soil where their crops could grow, and this caused them to live near rivers, specifically the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Similar to Sumer, starting around 2000 BCE, the ancient Chinese river valley civilization began to develop relying on the…

These civilizations grew over time and became the basis for civilization today. One of the earliest civilizations known is Sumer, which was located in modern day southern Iraq. Sumer developed from small towns and eventually turned into one of the most influential civilizations. Many factors played a role in the rise and rule of Sumer, until its fall in 1900 BCE. Sumer was located in Mesopotamia, which was in modern day Iraq. Mesopotamia, which in Greek means ‘between two rivers’, was a…

were graves that were bigger than others! This meant that there were some people in a higher authority than others. In a government or monarchy, kings and rulers were highly respected people, so there must have been a monarchy. Farming Sumer was not in the greatest area for farming, but they still could farm due to techniques. They used the Tigris and Euphrates River’s flood season to their advantage. Once it flooded, they used dams and levees to hold water. After the water was…

Sumer was the homeland of the Sumerians, the first group of people to build a civilization. Sumer lies in the southern part of Mesopotamia, which was near the Persian Gulf. Sumer was not the typical type where there are several cities under control of one person. A funny thing about this first civilization is that many of the cities fought one another. Basically, Sumer consisted of many cities with different rules that happened to live in a similar way with a similar culture. A civilization is…

Throughout our history, homo sapiens grown and developed into the dominate species of today. From hominids such as Australopithecus afarensis, our species has migrated and cultivated the Earth. Though modern society superficially resembles nothing of our ancestors, archeologists, anthropologists, and sumerologists such as Samuel Kramer have noted striking similarities between the past and present. Kramer, specifically, has stated in regards to the ancient Sumerian society and modern society,…

Mesopotamia. Mesopotamia is bordered on its sides by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Mesopotamia, in fact, is Greek for “between the rivers.” The rise of Sumerian Civilization began when the first Sumerian cities began in the lower part of Mesopotamia, and Sumer became a great empire inside of Mesopotamia. The Indus River Valley Civilization is the first civilization in India. The Indus Valley is located in the subcontinent of India in South Asia. It is between the Thar Desert and The Hindu…

important cities were Eridu, Uruk and, Ur. Uruk, for example, was the first technical city according to many historians. Sumer began in 5000 and ended in 1750 when a neighboring city attacked. During this period, there was trade and a form of writing, one called Cuneiform script. Writing was mainly developed for trade, so that traders could write long distances. Before Sumer was a civilization they were a bunch of city-states. They were located in the Southern-most…

During the third millennium the Mesopotamian region, know in the later times as Babylonia, Was divided into Sumer and Akkad, the former located in the extreme south of the alluvium and the later in the more northerly area. In Sumer a number of city-states emerged as territories consisting of one or more major cities surrounded by smaller outlying towns and villages. The territories limits of such states as UK, Uruk, Umma, and Lagash were often insecure, bringing the ruler, or ensi, of one city…

Mesopotamia that the ancient Greeks had named later. This meant “between the rivers” where it was located it was between the Tigris river and the Euphrates river. In this area the world’s first civilization arose in Southeastern Mesopotamia and it was Sumer. The Nile rises in the highlands of Ethiopia and the lakes of Central Africa. The Sumerians over time started to study the stars and make out the stars to be shapes. The Sumerians also recorded the movement of stars and planets. They made a…

History Begins at Sumer examines the many different ways in which Sumerian culture is very similar to the culture of modern day. Samuel Noah Kramer creates many different connections to how Sumerian culture is so comparable to modern day culture. Kramer discusses the many “firsts” that the Sumerian people have created/discovered; including law, literature and education, medicine, government, philosophy, and human relations. The Sumerian society was a complex society that in spite of the obvious…