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5948554366SumerFirst civilization (before 5k BCE) Settled into lower Mesopotamia Built cities, canals, and dams0
5948586985Government StructureIndependent city-states, massive stone walls for defense, military leader became kings1
5948595500Largest CityUrk (population: 50k)2
5948598895ReligionPolytheistic, gods associated with nature Temples, altars, and ziggurats (large, steep pyramids) Did not believe in afterlife3
5948618774Trade PartnersEgypt, Persia, Southeast Africa, and India4
5948665427Social StructureTop: Kings, Priests, scribes, wealthy landowners Middle: merchants, farmers, professionals Lower: hired workers Bottom: Slaves ( captured, owed debts or parents owed debts(girls))5
5948701076WomenUpper class could own property and have income boys attended school, girls educated at home marriages were arranged6
5948713360ContributionsCuneiform: first version of writing carts, metal plows, wheel & axle, sundials, year calendar, base 60 measurments "Epic of Gilgamesh" - similar to Noah's Ark7
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