The Values and World Views of the Ancient Sumerians The Ancient Sumerians were highly authoritative and interesting people. Their system of beliefs and values set them apart from many other ancient civilizations. Each god had a different persona and function. Strict laws were set for their people and harsh punishments were believed in for those who did not follow the religion’s strict code of conduct. The beliefs of the ancient Sumerians were the precedent for developing civilizations to follow
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Impact of Fertile Crescent Cultures The Sumerians and Babylonians have about the same religions. They do the same things like they sacrifice animals and they have five gods. The wind‚ sun‚ sea‚ sky and moon. Since they believed in these gods the people made little sculptures of them so they can still be worshiped. They have a temple in middle of the city they have a shrine of all their gods so they can worship them. The priests are one of the only jobs that the priests can go inside the temple
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language consisting of pictographic symbols‚ was first created by the Sumerians and later built on by other cultures. Written on wet clay tablets‚ Cuneiform symbols were drawn with a long reed crafted into a writing instrument‚ also known as a stylus. The stylus created wedge shapes‚ which is why the name cuneiform was assigned to it. Cuneiform translates to "wedge shaped". Some Languages included in the Cuneiform classification were Sumerian‚ Akkadian‚ Elamite‚ Hittite‚ Luwian‚ Hurrian‚ Hattic‚ and Urartian
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inconsistent flooding‚ the Mesopotamians built a monumental structure in order to provide shelter to the people and serve as a granary for food. In order to make the Ziggurat‚ the structure‚ water proof‚ the locals would apply bitumen (a substance that is of the same viscosity and color of tar) to the exterior. After applying this substance to the Ziggurat‚ the people would safe from the aggressive waters. The Mesopotamians feared the flash flooding; therefore they feared the gods that- they believe- possess
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Guide Prompt: In the Sumerian tradition‚ the gods lack unity‚ are spiteful toward humans‚ and don’t follow logical reasoning in their actions. In the Hebraic tradition‚ the singular god displays favoritism amongst the humans‚ experiences self blame‚ and presents sound reasoning to defend his actions as the ultimate creator of the world. While the Sumerian and Hebraic traditions have direct contact with humankind‚ they have different motives in doing so. How do the Sumerian gods communicate the
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origin of using pictures to represent things can be traced all the way back to caveman times‚ but the main influence for the Egyptians came from the land of Sumer. In fact‚ the beginning of Egyptian civilization was very similar to that of the Sumerians. By 500 b.c.‚ farming settlements were established all along the Nile River (Warburton‚ 69). Civilization in Egypt brought problems similar to those that arose in Sumer‚ but it was the growing government bureaucracy‚ not business‚ that created
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resources such as‚ the nutritious wheat and barley‚ cow‚ pig‚ sheep‚ and goat needed from nomads to live. During this era approximately 9‚000 years ago‚ on the ancient country of Mesopotamia now called Iraq‚ lived the Sumerian that unfolded the inventions of human ingenuity. The Sumerian were highly intelligent‚ resourcefulness‚ and energetic people that established the first civilization‚ created the first human social organization‚ developed farming techniques‚ raise livestock‚ invented writing (alphabets)
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Hiten Damodar Issue 2: Was Sumerian Civilization Exclusively Male Dominated? In considering whether Sumerian civilization was exclusively male dominated‚ it seems inconclusive. After looking at Chester G. Starr and Samuel Noah Kramer’s views on the topic‚ the answer remains far from clear. Starr took the side of yes‚ that Sumerian society was male dominated in both the mortal and divine realms and barely acknowledges the role of women at all. Kramer‚ on the other hand‚ found the powerful roles
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in rank if their husband was high in rank. Mesopotamia looked at women as slaves and only used for breeding. Women had little to no rights in Mesopotamia. In Egypt‚ pyramids were built to bury mainly pharaohs and kings to have a good afterlife. Ziggurats were built in Mesopotamia as a religious temple instead of a place for burials. The Nile River allowed Egypt to start agriculture because the river
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Literature‚ that is of Sumerian/Babylonian origins. It is believed to have been composed sometime from 2‚700 B.C.E. to 2‚500 B.C.E. and first inscribed in 2‚100 B.C.E. to 1‚400 B.C.E. The best-preserved version of the story originates from the Babylonian writer Shin-Leqi-Unninni‚ presumed to have been written sometime between 1‚300
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