CIVILIZATION
SUMERIAN
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Question
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self-governing cities
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large-scale private estates
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bands of hunters and gatherers
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abandoned archaeological sites
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Detailed explanation-1: -As the Sumerians worked together, they began to create larger communities. Between 3500 and 3000 B.C.E., villages grew into towns. Some towns in Sumer became cities with populations as great as several thousand people. The Euphrates River still irrigates fields in Iraq today.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Sumerian government was a form of Theocracy meaning that a deity, or god, was the supreme ruler and Kings and Priests were given divine guidance to rule their lands. The Sumerians had over 3, 000 gods. Each city had its own government and laws.
Detailed explanation-3: -Sumerian city-states included Uruk, Kish, Lagash, Umma, and Ur. As in Ur, the center of all Sumerian cities was the walled temple with a ziggurat in the middle. There the priests and rulers appealed to the gods for the well-being of the city-state.