from their hard work of rising up to the top. Sumerians are the first to be on the list at the beginning of the
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Phoenicians‚ Assyrians‚ and the Sumerians. All three of these had unique characteristics that define each society; however‚ all three societies displayed enough similarities to make them definable as ancient city-states. One of the defining characteristics of a city-state is
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the forefront of ancient creativity. Their innovations‚ though different in many ways‚ all contributed to the society we live in today. The Sumerians‚ for instance‚ developed the wheel‚ which is known as one of the most impactful innovations ever created. The circular shape made transportation and travel that much easier for the ancient society. The Sumerians were also the first to utilize bronze‚ and their society began the Bronze Age. Their final‚
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Egyptians because they were really powerful like the Egyptians. Since the dawn of time‚ technology has been present and has always been a major factor of civilization. The Sumerians invented a material that has forever changed the world; Bronze thus the Sumerians marked the Bronze Age. I believe that this invention caused the Sumerians to become much more powerful but also be a target for many people. Many wars were caused over time for resources like bronze for
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back to the world’s first known organized civilization named Mesopotamia. The city was located in West Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. The Epic of Gilgamesh was written by the Sumerians‚ people who lived in Mesopotamia. Studies show that the Sumerians established the area around 3300 BC. The Sumerians then settled in the area from 3300 BC to 2350 BC. The Epic of Gilgamesh begins introducing the two main characters‚ Gilgamesh and Enkidu. Gilgamesh was a priest-king of Uruk. Gilgamesh assembled
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The Sumerians invented a writing system known as cuneiform‚ meaning “wedge-shaped‚” at around 2300 B.C. The cuneiform writing system was made out of pictures and symbols‚ inscribed by a reed stylus and pressed into clay. The cuneiform is based on a syllabary system‚ which is a set of written symbols that make up the syllables‚ thereby forming words. The syllabary system is viewed as pure‚ analytic‚ and arbitrary since the symbols do not share graphic resemblances to phonic similarities.This system
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-Willendorf (25000-20000BC)‚ Austria -Wiltshire: Stonehenge (2000BC)‚ England -Cata Huyuk (1500BC)‚ Turkey Functions and purposes -ritual‚ ceremonial and magical AH1.2 (I) Early Civilizations: Mesopotamian Art -Sumerian art and civilization (3200-2000BC) -Sumerian city-state (3000-2100) Major art forms -Architecture: Ziggurat -Stone carves: stories from “Epic of Gilgamesh” Styles -Geometrical and mathematical Akkadian and Babylonian Old Babylonian Period (1795-1595)
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AP World History Study Guide General Terms to Study: Unit 1: history concepts/Prehistory Prehistory - Refers to the long period of time before people invented systems of writing. The Five Themes of Geography - Location refers to the relative or absolute location of places. Relative location describes a place with respect to its environment and its connection to other places. Absolute location provides a definite reference to locate a place. The reference can be latitude and longitude‚ a street
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AJANTA CAVES INTRODUCTION Ajanta Caves (Ajiṇṭhā leni; Marathi) in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra‚ India are about 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments which date from the 2nd century BCE to about 480 or 650 CE.[1] The caves include paintings and sculptures described by the government Archaeological Survey of India as "the finest surviving examples of Indian art‚ particularly painting"‚[2]which are masterpieces of Buddhist religious art‚ with figures of the Buddha and depictions of the Jataka tales
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about 8000 B.C.‚ a new civilization and culture developed. The reason for this development was the change to hunting and gathering to cultivation of agriculture that permitted man to settle down permanently ending nomadic existence. 2. The Sumerians invented the first written language called Cuneiform. 3. Polytheistic Religion is the belief in many Gods. 4. Epic of Gilgamesh was the first literary story with a protagonist with a name and personality‚ and earliest written record of the
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