system of writing first developed by the ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia
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Pictograph
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a picture symbol for a word or phrase. Pictographs were used as the earliest known form of writing by the Sumerians.
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Scribe
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Very important people who were trained to write cuneiform and record many of the languages spoken in Mesopotamia.
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Epic
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First stories or poems written during early sumerian times
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architecture
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Sumerian architecture is probably the oldest serious architecture (not just building houses and barns) in the world. People living in the area between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers (modern Iraq) began to build really big, substantial buildings about 3500 BC.
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ziggurat
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a form of temple common to the Sumerians
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Describe the Sumerian writing system and its uses
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Sumerians developed the world's first writing system, Cuneiform. It developed from the pictographs and other symbols used to represent objects. The Sumerians used sharp tools called styluses on clay tablets to make symbols that represent syllables which allowed them to express more complex ideas.
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Sumerian technical advances and how did they change the lives of sumerians?
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The wheel - for transportation
Potter's wheel
The plow-pulled by oxen to prepare the soil for farming
Water Clock
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Sumerian math and science
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Developed a math system based on 60
Divided the year into 12 months
Developed Geometry
Studied nature :plants, animals and minerals
Studied medicine
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Sumerian art
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Sculptors made statues of gods using ivory, wood and pottery
Makeup
Jewelry- gold, silver and gems
music -reed pipes, drums, tambourines and lyres
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