WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -Sumer’s middle class was made up of artisans and merchants. This group was important because they produced goods for people, created art, bolstered the economy, and developed innovations.

Detailed explanation-2: -The middle class of Mesopotamia was made up of those that kept the city functioning daily. The merchants, craftsmen, artisans, fishermen, musicians, and others who were paid for their services are included in this group. Most led comfortable lives and could afford homes and modest furnishings.

Detailed explanation-3: -The most famous of the early Sumerian rulers is Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, who took control around 2700 B.C. and is still remembered for his fictional adventures in the Epic of Gilgamesh, the first epic poem in history and inspiration for later Roman and Greek myths and Biblical stories.