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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Egypt vs Sumer Back when pharaohs ruled and ziggurats towered‚ two civilizations rose to form the customs and cultures of today. Ancient Egypt and ancient Sumer were the first two civilizations to establish what we know now as every day life. Even though both of the empires were located relatively close in the whole scheme of things‚ both cultures evolved utterly different. They differed in four main categories: geography‚ how they interacted with others‚ religion‚ and government. Ancient Egypt
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The ancient sages of Sumer found it necessary to bring order to that which they did not understand and to this end they came to the natural conclusion that a greater force was at work. The forces of nature were originally worshipped as themselves. However‚ over time the human
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consisted of social classes that determined your nobility and occupation in the society. Specifically‚ Sumer has three distinct levels of superiority that depended on each other for their community to operate correctly. In Sumer‚ the kings‚ priests‚ warriors‚ and government officials possessed full power over the lower classes‚ ordering them around to cater their needs. The middle class of Sumer consisted of artisans‚ farmers‚ merchants‚ and fishermen‚ making this the biggest class of the three. Although
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The ancient civilization of Egypt and Sumer were among the first in the world to arise from wondering people while also embodying the modern day characteristics of a civilization. They developed economies‚ advanced cities‚ religion‚ and mass farming were just a few similarities concerning the two river valleys. However‚ in the face of the common characteristics between ancient Egypt and Sumer the differences in aspects such as politics‚ and technology were what made them truly remarkable in their
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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 summers are very hot. The first civilization was Sumer and they believed in polytheism or the belief in many gods or goddess. They believed that four main gods created the world the god of the sky‚ wind‚ foothills‚ and fresh water. A city-state was built around the ziggurat‚ it is where the people of the city-state come and worship their god or goddess. In Sumer the priests were the leaders of the city-states. Then by 2375 B.C. Sumer was controlled by one king. In Mesopotamia here were three
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Mesopotamia is a region known to be very fertile found in between two rivers‚ river Tigris‚ and river Euphrates. Mesopotamia has significantly contributed to the world’s culture because most things were invented in this place. The invention of tools like the wheel‚ which used rollers‚ allowed carrying heavy loads. The rollers and wheels eventually evolved to become the wheels we currently use in bicycles‚ cars and even in airplanes. People in Mesopotamia were also hunters and gatherers (The Phoenix
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Indus Valley by helping societies to flourish. Excerpt from the story of Gilgamesh states how the people of Sumer depend on the grain that they grow. The environment provides Sumer their grain thus allowing them to feed themselves and continuing to grow. The increase in population allows the society to flourish. One could say that document 1 is unreliable because it only describes how Sumer depends on grain. It does not state if their population flourishes or not due to the grain. An additional
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The invention of writing was an important part of the development of Sumer and Egypt. There are many similarities and differences to the writings of each of these civilizations. The Sumerians developed a writing called cuneiform. Cuneiform is the oldest written language in existence. Each picture represents a living or nonliving thing. Cuneiform was written on clay tablets with a wedge-shaped instrument called a stylus. Henry Creswicke Rawlinson was the first person to decipher the meanings of
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