7 CHARACTERISTIC OF A CIVILIZATION
MAESOPATIMA
LANGUAGE
ART
social class
People in Sumer needed Social Classes because they were to be divided in groups from which they were born. They are divided into three classes. Upper, Middle, and Lower. Kings and Priest are upper. Merchants and fishers are middle. Finally, People who own slaves are lower.
LANGUAGE
Most countries such as USA and Europe uses language. The Sumers needed language because they needed to communicate. Just imagine how hard it would be if we had a world with no communication. That is like living in a world with no phones. Painful.
government
Do us citizens of this world knows what the word government means? Yes, some people might think that it is a nation, state, or community. But those people are true. Sumerian government was not like ours today. The government had them divided into social classes. They even made the boys get an education and the girls had to stay home and cook and clean.
relgion
technology
surpls
Surplus in Sumerian time was kind of hard. Surplus is the amount of food left over. Since Sumerians had to grow crops, surplus was a big break for them. Surplus was helpful for them because it was just food, they didn't need to grow it and wait for weeks.