3809637 | 20 Sumerians | They pioneered the world's first urban revolution in Mesopotamia, migrated into southern Mesopotamia about 3500 BCE, but the cities they had built like Kish, Uruk, Ur, Nippur, Lagash, and Umma died out. They had also invented cuneiform writing (Spodek Pg 45) | 0 | |
3809638 | 21 Sumer and Temple priests after 2800 BCE | men began to assume the position of heriditary kings and to rule in conjunction with temple priests | 1 | |
3809639 | 22 Sumerian trade | By land, river, water, and sea in the world's first wheeled carts, sailboats, and donkey caravan. Sumerians traded with inhabitants of hilly areas to the north for wood, stone, and metal. TRADE WESTWARD & OVERLANDThe Sumerian trading network was revealed by valuable and exotic materials used by Mesopotamian craftsman (Spodek Pg 51) | 2 | |
3809640 | 23 Who invented writing? | The Sumerians at about 3300 BCE | 3 |
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