Sumer

crops to storehouses by which workers, such as metalworkers or builders, were able to excel on their particular expertise. The Mesopotamian hallmarks the beginning of the first complex urban societies. Between 3400-3200 BCE, the Sumerians, city of Sumer, were technologically advanced, literate and full of impressive art and architecture. The Sumerian rules were based on priest or god’s representatives on Earth. Therefore, the priests directed all communal activities including constructions,…

than Jimmy T. Jones, a well known amateur scientist who had claimed to know how to build a time machine. Jones has apparently done it and successfully went back in time and even more impressively, come back. Jones states that he went back to ancient Sumer around 3000 B.C.E. and saw the ancients in their full glory. “The first thing that I saw” recalls Jones, “was the massive wall surrounding the city. Then the guards saw me! I couldn’t understand what they shouted at me but it seemed to be a…

One of the main reasons for The Code of Hammurabi was to punish the criminal in a way that they committed the crime. Hammurabi wanted people to obey the laws of the Land no matter where they lived and made the punishment equal or slightly worse than the crime that was committed For example, if anyone breaks into a house to steal, he will be put to death before that point of entry and be buried there (walled into the house). Some would say that this is harsh, however it laid out the consequences…

Not everyone is the same, there could be nice people or bad people in this world. Going back in time, we can see that during the year’s things change, people change, attitudes change, and rules change. And went it comes to being a king, everything changes. Just like King Tiglath-pileser I had its own way compare to Cyrus and Darius I how to rule the world. Tiglath-Pileser I was known as the powerful king who ruled every king around the world. With the help of Ashur his lord, Tiglath-pileser I…

not only places of religion, but of commercial activity as well. Temples ran long distance trade networks, owned a third of the land and provided employment to much of the city’s inhabitants. The secular chief administrator was called the sanga in Sumer and shangu in Akkad. The sanga supervised all of the temples’ businesses. Temples at times employed thousands of weavers to turn the wool collected from the temple’s sheep into lengths of cloth. Each temple had a household staff that provided…

I agree that the world is vastly different from the periods studied in class. The reason that I have came to this conclusion is because theres a large difference in weapons, communication, currency and many other things that are used today that wasn't or was used differently during the periods studied. One of the more important topics is money and that took a major change since firstly being introduced during the roman time. In Rome the currency consisted of coins that were either silver, gold,…

The mother goddesses mirror the stereotypical Sumer mother, “they reflect what the Sumerians thought about women as they lived out these socially approved roles” (Frymer-Kensky 1992: 24). The stories expose the expectations society had regarding women as mothers (Frymer-Kensky 1992: 25). While in the…

Other than Mesopotamia, a moment human advancement experienced childhood in northeastern Africa, along the Nile River. Egyptian human advancement, framed by 3000 B.C., profited from exchange and mechanical impact from Mesopotamia, however it delivered a very unique society and culture. Since its qualities and its firmly sew political association energized fantastic building, we know more about Egypt than about Mesopotamia, despite the fact that the last was in many regards more critical and…

In order to start a successful civilization, you must have five things: location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and region. You must choose a good location because your location will influence the skills and ideas. For example, using the ideas and skills from your neighboring tribe to survive. Next, you have to select the right place so that the physical features that you have will successfully meet your needs. The physical features include having bodies of water, a good…

Since the beginning of time, music has influenced society both culturally and historically. It strives to send a message to all its listeners about the issues and changes of that time, increasing dramatically since its beginnings. From the ancient Greeks to the popular songs of the 21st century, music has changed the way people see the world, advocate its listeners on a particular cause, and shape a nation’s culture. Ancient Music and Its Influence Although primitive and dating back to numbers…