Sumer+Swofford

Hi my name is Isaac we’ll be telling you about ancient Sumer. I’m going to tell you about king Sargon and city-states. King Sargon took over ancient Sumer by war, but after he took of Sumer he was overthrown and things went back to normal. City-states are they’re own government in a way by controlling the villages in the surrounding area.

Hello my name is Kevin the wheel was a Mesopotamia invention. It was a wonderful invention for the Mesopotamians. The wheel was used for hailing hay, seed, and grain.

Hi my name is Dylan I am going to tell you about cuneiform. Cuneiform is the first type of writing in the world. It looks like a whole bunch of lines and wedges. Hardly any body could learn cuneiform because it took so long to learn, but if you were able to learn it you would be very lucky. Hi and I’m Blake and I’m going tell you about ziggurats. Ziggurats were so important that nobody but priests were allowed in the top temple. It was also treated as a town center. Also, at the very top, lived their god. Finally every town had a god.

Hi my name is Taylor. I am going to be telling you what monarchy is. Monarchy is a system of government ruled by a king or queen.