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Where did civilization start
Mesopotamia
What was the text used for the writing called back then?
Cuneiform
Why was this language created in the first place?
To use as receipts, selling goods etc
How do the signs work
Each cuneiform sign stood for an entire syllable.
How many cuneiform letters were there at first and how many did they stop by
2,000 at first and in the end only 600
How many people were able to be literate in Cuneiforms
Few, because there was a lot and not many people were dedicated enough
How did they write cuneiform?
They used harden reeds to write on soft clay, mostly used for letters, receipts, laws, prayers, and stories
What were Sumerian schools called
Eddubas
What happened to someone if they did something wrong during a school day?
Write down all the mistakes on a tablet, and get whipped for every mistake made by “the man who holds the whip”
What are the 5 characteristic of a civilized society making Sumerians civilized?
1: boundaries and political institutions
2: population
3: farming (most important according to Mr Simon)
4: system of writing and language
5: cultural systems
•religion- at least 1 organized religion
•education- formal system of schooling, traditional of apprenticeship
•architecture- developing complex buildings for Residential, political and social purposes
How many cities-states did ancient sumer have?
12
What’s the population per city-state
Up to 200,000 per city-state
What are the 5 main cities
The oldest: Uruk
Kish,Ur,Lagash, and Erido
