What is Sumer?
Q: What is Sumer?
A: Sumer is the earliest known civilization in southern Mesopotamia (in modern-day southern Iraq).
Q: What were some of Sumer's accomplishments?
A: Sumer is credited with creating the wheel, dividing a day into 24 hours, and each hour into 60 minutes. They are also famous for their written cuneiform script.
Q: When did Sumer start?
A: Sumer started around 3500 BC.
Q: Where did the Sumerian civilization grow?
A: The Sumerian civilization grew along the Tigris and Euphrates.
Q: When did cuneiform script writing emerge?
A: Early cuneiform script writing emerged in 3000 BC.
Q: How were Sumerian communities organized?
A: Sumerian communities were organized into city-states, each ruled by a priest or king.
Q: What was one of the most famous Sumerian cities?
A: One of the most famous Sumerian cities was Ur (not the same city as Uruk, but near it).
