CIVILIZATION
SUMERIAN
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Much of their writing has been translated into modernlanguages
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Their society was far more advanced than Ancient Egyptiansociety
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They were among the earliest civilizations on Earth
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Sumerian ruins still exist in the nation of Iraq
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Detailed explanation-1: -TIM: Well, the reason we know so much about the Sumerians was that they were among the first people to develop a written language. Writing came about as a way to keep a record of their trading with other city-states and cultures. An image shows a Sumerian man holding a stone with writing on it.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Sumerians were among the first people to build towns, create writing, and to live in a society that we would today call civilized. They also had agriculture. During the paleolithic era, there was no agriculture or writing. Cities and towns were unknown.
Detailed explanation-3: -They developed something called irrigation. They constructed canals and artificial flood banks called levees. These structures diverted water and help them grow crops and raise livestock.