Have you ever wondered how Sumer became a known civilization through out the world?It is known because,it prospered in seven things to become a civilization. Those things are government,religion,arts,technology,stable food supply,social structures,and writing. This is why Sumer is known all around the world.
It is important to have a government, to lead people's attitude in the right the direction to make life orderly. Sumer city states were lead by kings, the kings enforced the laws and collected taxes just how many civilizations do now. Kings were even in charge of the army to fight for land boundaries, and needs of water. Kings had people under them to help with his responsibilities. This is even how our president has people under him like the vice president. Kings had scribes who recorded laws, and group of officials looked for damages on made sure farmers didn't take water illegally. With out the kings and government Sumer wont be what it was.
It is important to have technology,to help live and advance in life. Sumerians most valuable invention was the wheel. The wheel goes back to 3500 B.C.E, artist used it as a platform to make clay. They figured out that when you turn the wheel right side up it's able to roll. It was later used for chariots and carts for the army and farmers. With out the wheel things would be harder and more difficult to do. If we didn't have the wheel now things would be longer and harder to transport.
It is important to have a social structure to have a finished civilization. Sumer had three types of class which are upper class,middle class,and lower class. Upper class had people who were known the most and made a lot of money. In upper class were land owners, priest, and government officials. People in that class lived in beautiful homes and also lived close to the middle of the city. After the upper class there was the middle class, also known as the common class where most people were at. The people that were in the middle class in Sumer were,merchants,crafts people,fisher men,and farmers. Middle class did a lot, like making jewelery for the upper class. Instead of upper class people from the middle class were forced to be in the army. Now the lowest class for Sumer were the lower class, that was mostly slaves. Slaves had ownership of nothing. Slaves lived in there owners house and did what they were told to do. Every civilization has a social structure some might be different a little but there all the same.
It is important to have religion to guide our daily lives. Sumer believed in gods so they tried to make the gods happy in every way they can. Sumerians tried to make gods happy by resolving arguments and harvesting crops. They practiced their religious belies by constructing temples called ziggurats. Sumerians thought that gods lived in these ziggurats so they made a temple for gods to live in. They built ladders so gods can climb down to earth. Gods were even prayed to by the kings and priest out side the temple to get a gods blessing. We are just like Sumer, we build temples and churches, to praise are gods or god to and practice our beliefs.
As you can see we are just like Sumer but, we live in the present. This shows that we all need these characteristics to have a successful civilization. With out a civilization imagine how it would be like today. It would be chaotic, no problems getting solved,people fighting. That shows a civilization is dire to survive and live a happy life.
George Ziama....
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