• All civilizations have a highly developed culture including arts such as painting, architecture, and music.
chariots for the army.
The army fought for their city-states boundaries
Irrigation - The use of water to help with crops
Musical instruments: drums, pipes, lyre,
Sumerians built religious temple called a ziggurat.
It was made from wedge-shaped characters.
Middle/Common Class- Merchants/Craftspeople
• A religious system includes a set of beliefs, usually in a god or gods, together with forms of worship.
• All civilizations create new forms of technology or practical tools and inventions.
• The king was the leader of the army, enforced laws and taxes, built temples and maintained irrigation canals.
Lower/Common Class- Farmers/Fisherman
Slaves
Plow- Used to till the soil
The army patrolled the canals for damage and people stealing water.
Religious ceremonies involved musicians and offerings
Agriculture (Farming)
It was used to record information about the goods Sumerians exchanged with one another.
• The invention of the wheel allowed pottery makers to spin pots
Upper Class- Priests/Landowners
Artists were craftspeople like metalworkers and jewelers.
• Arches added strength and beauty to Sumerian buildings; usually used in doorways.
Cuneiform
• The Sumerians showed devotion to their Gods daily by making statues of them.
