Sumerian DBQ Surprisingly ancient civilizations have influenced this modern world starting at 3500 BC in what now day middle east ,the first of ancient civilizations began. Ancient Mesopotamia influenced in our world today in many ways. Two contributions from the Mesopotamian civilization were the inventions of cuneiform and Hammurabi’s Code. To began, the ancient civilization of the Mesopotamian invented cuneiform. Cuneiform was the first written developed by the Sumerians over 5000 years ago (Doc. 1). That is one of the most important inventions in the world. That paved the way for writing in the future. The used cuneiform to keep records , document, business dealings , barley and to pass down new ideas
Cuneiform was a system of writing created in Mesopotamia around 3,000 BCE. Scribes used a reed to make “wedge shaped” indentations on a clay tablet. Cuneiform started as way of keeping track of business transactions but was later used to create alphabets for the languages spoken in Ancient Mesopotamia. The Code of Hammurabi (discussed later) was written in cuneiform.
Mesopotamia was the first complex civilization to be developed. Civilizations have been well known by their means of subsistence, types of living, settlement forms, forms of government, economic systems, literacy, social stratification, and other cultural behaviors. E: Geography influenced the rise of civilization because it has to be able to maintain many people. Many civilizations started different bodies of water, because if they want to live, they have to consume water.
We do not know where they actually came from. ➢ The Sumerians were very smart. They created many things to make their life easier and more comfortable to help their civilization grow. ➢ They developed many important aspects of human life such as the first written language, mathematics, astronomy, a calendar, and irrigation systems, As you can see the Sumerians from ancient Mesopotamia were extremely important in shaping modern civilization.
Review Question #1 The Ancient Egyptian culture dates all the way back to 5500 BCE to the time where there were pharos that ruled the lands. Ancient Egypt is one of the very first recorded civilizations with a very distinct way of life. They have traditions that have been passed down and influenced other cultures around the world. The earliest records of Ancient Mesopotamia culture dates back to around 3100 BCE. Mesopotamia had four different empires that was included in it.
2. What key technological and intellectual innovations did the people of Mesopotamia pioneer (name four)? Mesopotamia was the start of the western civilization and the people pioneered the wheel, writing, religion at 3000BCE and math. 3.
In 1500 BC, AD 1345 and sometime in the twelfth century BC, there was three societies. In 1500 BC it was the Mayan society, the society grew in Central America. In AD 1345 it was the Aztecs, a group of people in Central Mexico looking for a new home. In the twelfth century BC it was the Inca, the first ruler of the Inca moved his tribe to the Cuzco . these three societies influence us now and in the past.
Writing can either spread by replicating specific parts of other writing or trying to imitate the general form of other writings. Writing is very useful because you can create maps, keep organized documents, write letters, keep track of taxes, and so on. It is very important for organization and can help a society grow. Therefore the earliest known writing system was in Eurasia and the ideas spread from there so Eurasia had the advantage of writing over other
“Inequalities in the First Civilizations.” In the year 3,500 B.C.E. the first civilizations appeared. There were seven major civilizations that were scattered around the world. There were civilizations in Sumer (southern Mesopotamia), the Nile River Valley (northeast Africa), Norte Chico (Central coastal Peru), Indus and Saraswati River Valleys (Pakistan), China, central Asia, and in the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. The first civilizations tended to develop from earlier, competing chiefdoms that already had some social rankings and economic specializations.
With the help of laws that had punishments like loosing a hand or an eyeball, looking back into Babylonian society was made a lot easier. These laws were created by the king of the city-state Babylon around 1792 BCE, Hammurabi. His reasoning for enforcing the laws, known as Hammurabi’s code, was to protect the weak and those who could not help themselves (doc B). He created 282 laws, and carved them onto a stele, a pillar-like stone. The multiple steles, he created and placed around the kingdom, consisted of a carving of him with Shamash, the god of justice, a prologue, the written laws and an epilogue (doc A).
The Mayan civilization advanced techniques has an impactful influence on the world that continues to advance over time. The Mayans were the founders of mathematics and calendar system from the Olmecs. Between about 250 and 900 CE, the Mayan began to develop a complex calendar based around
Ancient Mesopotamia"Land between the rivers" (3500 B.C.E) and Ancient China(as early as 3500 B.C.E) are two of the many civilizations in history. Both civilizations left evidence of their way of life and accomplishment Mesopotamia ranging from the 12- month calendar, plow, cuneiform, ziggurats and number system based of on 60 count. China from ink, pictographs martial arts, great wall of China, and the art of porcelain. Mesopotamia had several civilizations within its own such as Assyrians, Sumerians, Babylonians etc.
The early civilization is somehow connected to the religious and philosophical values systems which are known for the birth and development of this civilization. The early civilizations are can be seen clearly in the two early civilizations of the Hebrews and the Babylonians. The two are some of the most common and known civilizations that are even held important today. The Babylonian Hammurabi laws and the Hebrews Torah are the common form of law seen at the development of early civilization.
Their writing greatly influenced the Western civilizations because their language and writings influenced other civilizations to improve on it. Also, with their writing system, and the making of the Torah and Tanak, they were semi-able to record events and records that showed a sense of history to the future generations and civilizations. With their works, future civilizations began to record their history in different forms as well, like art, statues, and music. Another piece of the Hebrew civilization that could be considered up there with the writing system would be their complex government, but more so their laws of the land. Although their laws were based religiously, it paved a standing for basic laws for future Western civilizations to expand upon and implement.
but was adapted in the Akkadian language. Before it came to be many other writings influenced it such as the Babylonians, Hittites, Assyrians, and Hurrians, and of course the Akkadians. “Cuneiform isn't a single writing system, however. The term actually encompasses several different kinds of writing systems that developed over time, all of which consisted of individual signs made up of wedge shapes.” Cuneiform was known to be one of the earliest known languages that had been written.
I will describe their origins, characteristics, symbols, and many more. Babylonians carved their numbers in soft clay with a “wedge-tipped reed” to create marks termed cuneiform script. This clay tablet then dries in the sun to produce a permanent record. This method of writing first appeared around