Log in Kanbaru Suruga 9 years agoPosted 9 years ago. Direct link to Kanbaru Suruga's post “This article paints a rat...” This article paints a rather romantic picture of Summerian society with talk of harps, board games, and lapis lazuli. Was the civilization known to be largely wealthy and happy? Or is the article just romanticizing proverbial "1%". • (13 votes) icefrenzy 7 years agoPosted 7 years ago. Direct link to icefrenzy's post “Is there more places/site...” Is there more places/sites where I can learn more. • (6 votes) David Alexander 7 years agoPosted 7 years ago. Direct link to David Alexander's post “You might like to look he...” You might like to look here: http://www.ancient.eu/sumer/ (8 votes) look who Is back 8 years agoPosted 8 years ago. Direct link to look who Is back's post “In the last paragraph you...” In the last paragraph you say that "Archaeology has shown that in about 2500 B.C.E the ruling elite in the city of Ur went to their final resting place surrounded by their wealth and the attendant bodies of their court personnel", but how did archaeology show that?, where did they found the evidence? Thanks for answering. • (7 votes) drszucker 8 years agoPosted 8 years ago. Direct link to drszucker's post “Learn more here: https://...” Learn more here: https://www.khanacademy.org/partner-content/british-museum/middle-east-bm/ancient-near-east-bm/a/standard-of-ur-and-other-objects-from-the-royal-graves (4 votes) Jasmine Smith 9 years agoPosted 9 years ago. Direct link to Jasmine Smith's post “What was "Their favorite ...” What was "Their favorite board game achieved popularity throughout the whole Middle Eastern world."? • (6 votes) Jeffrey A. Becker 9 years agoPosted 9 years ago. Direct link to Jeffrey A. Becker's post “https://en.wikipedia.org/...” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Game_of_Ur; http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/me/t/the_royal_game_of_ur.aspx (4 votes) BrendanK 3 years agoPosted 3 years ago. Direct link to BrendanK's post “Life-changing article. Af...” Life-changing article. After reading this my life turned around. My previously minimum wage of 9-5 turned into 2000 per hour. I literally started to fly after reading this. While I was flying I found a genie pot and wished for some sunglasses and the other 2 wishes were for different color sunglasses. I got married and won the lottery 972 times. This article was the best thing to ever happen to me. • (6 votes) drszucker 3 years agoPosted 3 years ago. Direct link to drszucker's post “Glad we could be of servi...” From the author:Glad we could be of service. I hope you also learned something about the ANE. (0 votes) mansi 8 years agoPosted 8 years ago. Direct link to mansi's post “Why were the Sumerians ca...” Why were the Sumerians called he black headed ones • (3 votes) foya3 3 years agoPosted 3 years ago. Direct link to foya3's post “What was one important fe...” What was one important feature of the Sumerian civilization in Mesopotamia? • (3 votes) BrendanK 3 years agoPosted 3 years ago. Direct link to BrendanK's post “the sand or somthng” the sand or somthng (1 vote) ksbrown1003 7 years agoPosted 7 years ago. Direct link to ksbrown1003's post “what innovation did the s...” what innovation did the sumerian people first develop. why was this an important characeteristic of civilizations • (3 votes) David Alexander 7 years agoPosted 7 years ago. Direct link to David Alexander's post “They moved from being a h...” They moved from being a hunter-gatherer society to a settled agricultural society. That's important, because civilization builds when a group is in a fixed location. See http://www.ancient.eu/sumer/ (1 vote) Cynthia Lomax 9 years agoPosted 9 years ago. Direct link to Cynthia Lomax's post “It is interesting how all...” It is interesting how all the art didn't only consist of just sculptors or buildings but also brought the musical aspect of it into sight, was music as valued back then as it is today? • (2 votes) trek 9 years agoPosted 9 years ago. Direct link to trek's post “Maybe even more so, is my...” Maybe even more so, is my guess. Remember that the Old Testament has a whole book of songs (Psalms) and David's skills on the harp were specifically mentioned. (2 votes) Mya Percy 6 years agoPosted 6 years ago. Direct link to Mya Percy's post “Did the ancient Sumerians...” Did the ancient Sumerians have a leader • (1 vote)Want to join the conversation?
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