Sumerian Culture and Contributions The Sumerians were a people who lived in the southern portion of Mesopotamia from around 3500 B.C. to 1800 B.C.. The Sumerian people lived in twelve city states‚ famous among which ar Sumer and Ur. They shared a common language‚ Sumerian. Sumerian has no modern day descendants‚ it seems to have disappeared from human history as a spoken language‚ but lived on in written language. The Sumerians were an agricultural people‚ and they raised crops in three areas
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The Sumerians were one of the earliest urban societies to emerge in the world‚ in Southern Mesopotamia more than 5000 years ago. They developed a writing system whose wedge-shaped strokes would influence the style of scripts in the same geographical area for the next 3000 years. Eventually‚ all of these diverse writing systems‚ which encompass both logophonetic‚ consonantal alphabetic‚ and syllabic systems‚ became known as cuneiform. It is actually possible to trace the long road of the invention
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They originally needed a writing system so they could keep documentation of their history‚ their cultural values‚ the laws‚ trading documents‚ and to keep track of tax records. Now that the Sumerians had a language that was not just by oral communication they began to write letters for themselves and others‚ this was really important because it allows scholars today to get a deeper understanding of their everyday life and culture. If they had
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yfrhufuihfubifuifubfbufbfwbuifwbuifwbuifwThe task of defining what constitutes a "word" involves determining where one word ends and another word begins—in other words‚ identifying word boundaries. There are several ways to determine where the word boundaries of spoken language should be placed: Potential pause: A speaker is told to repeat a given sentence slowly‚ allowing for pauses. The speaker will tend to insert pauses at the word boundaries. However‚ this method is not foolproof: the speaker
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were the first ones to make up a writing system. Even though both civilizations were the first‚ their writing was very different from each other. They had similar hierarchy and both invented important things that benefit us until today. Egypt and Sumerian civilizations had many things in common‚ but they also had some differences. These are the Similarities of the Egypt and Sumer civilizations. Both civilizations believed in powerful gods. There were an incredible number of Gods and Goddesses in
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medium such as bullae and finally clay tablet that can harbor more complicated information. Also Cuneiform adapted to more progressive structures that later turns into syllabic and eventually alphabetic writing system. The cuneiform was first used by Sumerians‚ and then it wide spread throughout the region and was later adopted by numerous ethnic groups headed by Babylonians and Assyrians. The adaptation process created Akkadian cuneiform which is basically distinct from its predecessor. From 10th to
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The Development of Ancient Systems of Writing in Iraq and Egypt Ancient systems of writing in the Middle East arose when people needed a method for remembering important information. In both Ancient Iraq and Ancient Egypt each of the stages of writing‚ from pictograms to ideograms to phonetograms‚ evolved as a response to the need to express more complex ideas. Satisfaction of this need gave us the two most famous forms of ancient writing‚ cuneiform from ancient Iraq‚ and hieroglyphics from
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The civilization known as the Sumerians‚ developed in the Mesopotamia era‚ are considered to be the first culture to become civilized. As the Sumerians settled in Mesopotamia‚ a class structure gradually took shape which allowed them to progress their society. The second characteristic which shows the civilization of the Sumerians was their ability to create progress in agricultural skills and techniques. The final characteristic representative in the first culture of Mesopotamia is their contribution
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Most everyone knows about the great civilizations of the Sumerians and the Aztecs. If anyone were to visit the land that the Sumerians inhabited‚ they might not be able to imagine how these people were able to survive and flourish. The land there is dry and hot‚ with extreme temperatures. Hardly any vegetation survives in the area. However‚ the Sumerians did find a way in which they could live in the area and live bountifully (Landau 10-12). The Aztec Empire‚ on the other hand‚ appeared in Central
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The Sumerians have established themselves as being the cradle of all civilizations. The many aspects of their civilization such as geography‚ belief systems‚ government and social organizations‚ economic systems‚ art‚ and technology all contributed to their success. The Sumerian’s intelligence led to the development of new technology and their creativity helped create unique pieces of art. Civilizations today use technology and techniques that were created by the ancient Sumerians. The geography
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